On short-term verbal memory tasks, people with slow rates of speech but normal intelligence perform:
A) better than people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate.
B) worse than people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate.
C) about the same as people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate.
D) worse than people of normal intelligence who speak at a normal rate, but only if rehearsal is disrupted.

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People with slow rates of speech tend to have reduced verbal memory performance because they have less time to rehearse and encode information compared to those who speak at a normal rate.

On Short-Term Verbal Memory Tasks, People with Slow Rates of Speech