>1/3 second vs 1/4 second I have an instant reaction doubting that statement. Not because the numbers are obviously wrong in themselves or I think you made the

>1/3 second vs 1/4 second I have an instant reaction doubting that statement. Not because the numbers are obviously wrong in themselves or I think you made them up or the source was lying. It implies a precision such that 1/3 s != 1/4 s. The difference is 80 ms. To be a meaningful statement, it implies that the speed measured can be characterized to some fraction of 80 ms, and that the variance within english and mandarin speakers is also significantly smaller. I cannot conceive of that being the case.