Table 1.

Mean response times (in ms) and percent error rate (%E) in Experiment 1 (character match task, “Same” response) and Experiment 2 (lexical decision task, “Word” response)

Target character type	Stroke-absent (e.g., 目)		Stroke-present (e.g., 自)
Prime type	Example	RT (%E)	Example	RT (%E)
Experiment 1
Identity	目	527 (2)	自	534 (3)
Stroke neighbor	自	593 (5)	目	536 (3)
Stroke neighbor – Identity		66 (3)		2 (0)
Experiment 2
Identity	目	607 (4)	自	599 (3)
Stroke neighbor	自	679 (8)	目	618 (5)
Stroke neighbor – Identity		72 (4)		19 (2)

The prime was presented in 150 × 150-pixel space and the target in 200 × 200-pixel space to avoid physical overlap with the prime

RT response time