ElfSternberg comments on The Implicit Association Test - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Yvain 25 March 2009 12:11AM

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Comment author: ElfSternberg 25 March 2009 03:04:49PM 4 points [-]

I had the oddest reaction to the test: I couldn't take it. As a touch-typist and a Dvorak keyboardist, I could not easily remember where the "I" and the "E" keys were, since the keys themselves remain labeled in the more traditional style. I can't help but wonder if that qualifies as a bias all its own.

Comment author: Nebu 25 March 2009 04:38:21PM 6 points [-]

They instruct you to rest your hands on those keys, and never remove your hands.

So you only need to find those keys once, before the test begins.

Comment author: Mqrius 02 November 2012 06:09:41AM 2 points [-]

I type colemak, but for the test I temporarily swapped back. The E and I are conveniently spaced out in QWERTY, and you only have to locate them once, as Nebu pointed out.