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From: Emily Garnett
Date: 25 Apr 2010
Time: 15:38:04 -0500
Remote Name: 173.81.117.198
Thanks for the comments and questions. Initially when planning the experiment, we had hoped to have 2 to 3 different types of answers in terms of length, e.g. less than 5 seconds, between 5-10 seconds, and over 10 seconds. But during pilot testing, the longest answer a subject gave was only around 5 seconds. And again, I wasn't trying to capture cluttering at all, so it is ok that they did not clutter. What is interesting to me is that cluttering can cause utterances to be both longer and shorter. They could be shorter because a person had a rapid rate and condensed syllables. However, it could actually have been longer because some clutterers have misplaced and excessive pausing. But in my study both clutterers AND controls had longer estimated times than actual times, i.e. it took them less time to say something than they thought it would (just more so for clutterers). So, had they cluttered during responding, it's hard to say which way it would have gone. It may have evened out. Also, many of the responses that were rated 3 or less (and thus not included in my calculations) may have been due to being cluttered. So, it would have to be a slightly different study because in this study, we wanted the answers said aloud to match what they "said" inside their head. If they did not match, we didn't use them. It's extremely hard to determine if clutterers "clutter in their head" too. My guess is they weren't even aware that much of what they were saying in their heads. Most subjects indicated some type of "inner speech" or "saying it to themselves" but it's almost impossible to really know what went on during the estimated time. Again, thanks for the interesting questions. :)