How do you prefer to receive information/instructions?

Written is much better for me. In spoken interactions, a substantial part of my brain is occupied with timing eye contact, making socially acceptable facial expressions and trying to time and formulate any responses I think might be appropriate, that there is only limited space for actually taking in the information.

Definately written and not those diagrams from IKEA and some others. THe problem I find with spoken instructions is that the speaker often has to tell me half a dozen different ways of doing something and it leaves me more confused and less confident than when I started

Definately written and not those diagrams from IKEA and some others. THe problem I find with spoken instructions is that the speaker often has to tell me half a dozen different ways of doing something and it leaves me more confused and less confident than when I started