TY - JOUR PY - 1978// TI - Motor components in the choice reaction time of mildly retarded adults JO - American journal of mental deficiency A1 - Brewer, N. SP - 565 EP - 572 VL - 82 IS - 6 N2 - The contributions of specific motor-coordination disabilities and general slowness of motor function to the choice reaction times (RTs) of retarded subjects were examined in two experiments. RTs for the same stimulus-response (S-R) pairs were markedly shorter when presented in 2-choice than in 8-choice RT situations. Furthermore, in an 8-choice task, large RT differences between retarded and nonretarded subjects decreased markedly when processes of stimulus discrimination and S-R translation were minimized by direct stimulation of the response mechanisms.
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