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ffriends criticize you for talking too fast, at least they can't also accuse you
of having a bad memory. Speech rate is a strong index of short-term
memory span. The recent discovery that the two are linked in kids may be a
special boon to those with speech disorders.
imagine that your short-term memory is a circular tape loop with 1.6
seconds of memory. Whatever you manage to repeat in that space is what
you immediately rx-call. Therefore, the faster you can talk, the greater your
short-term memory." says Adrian Raine, PhD., a University of Southern
Califomia psychologist. The link has been established in adults for some
ime, Raine reports in Child Development. Now, he and his colleagues find
the correlation holds for kids as well, a finding that promises short-term
gayoff in the classroom and long-term payoff in life.
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Short-term memory is the power behind recall of phone numbers, directions,
and other everyday tasks. It is also the foundation of arithmetic and reading
skills
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Raine and his colleagues first looked at 37 children with normal speech and
37 who because of a speech disorder, spoke about half as fast. Then they
tested their short-term memory spans.
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