Table 2.

Analysis of variance results for all dependent measures with F > 1, with mean square error (MSE) for each effect

Measure	Main effect of load	Main effect of interference	Load × Interference
Comprehension accuracy	F1 (1,55) = 6.14, p = .02; MSE1 = .02 F2 (1,35) = 4.41, p = .04; MSE2 = .01 min F′ (1,78) = 2.56, p = .11	F1 (1,55) = 4.04, p = .05; MSE1 = .02 F2 (1,35) = 8.41, p = .006; MSE2 = .007 min F′ (1,88) = 2.72, p = .10	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1
Reading Time: Region 1	F1 (1,55) = 5.23, p = .03; MSE1 = 67914 F2 (1,35) = 13.82, p = .001; MSE2 = 16534 min F′ (1,85) = 3.79, p = .05	F1 (1,55) = 1.95, p = .17; MSE1 = 15390 F2 (1,35) = 1.77, p = .19; MSE2 = 10916 min F′ < 1	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1
Reading Time: Region 2	F1 (1,55) = 1.23, p = .27 MSE1 = 31574 F2 (1,35) = 3.43, p = .07 MSE2 = 7264 min F′ < 1	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1
Reading Time: Region 5 (Critical)	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1	F1 (1,55) = 4.34, p = .042; MSE1 = 3800 F2 (1,35) = 2.16, p = .15; MSE2 = 4901 min F′ (1,68) = 1.44, p = .23	F1 (1,55) = 4.07, p = .04; MSE1 = 5790 F2 (1,35) = 5.58, p = .02; MSE2 = 2713 min F′ (1,90) = 2.35, p = .13
Reading Time: Region 6	F1 (1,55) = 15.81, p < .001; MSE1 = 49787 F2 (1,35) = 18.90, p < .001; MSE2 = 26762 min F′ (1,88) = 8.61, p < .01	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1	F1 < 1 F2 < 1 min F′ < 1