. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2008 May;58(4):907–915. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.12.002

Table 1.

Examples of sentences in each experiment. The critical words in Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 were red but in the same font as the other words; here they are shown in bold. In Experiment 3 the critical words were uppercase, and no other words were capitalized. Between subjects, the first four words of a given sentence were equally often designated as Target 1, and Target 2 appeared equally often two or five words after Target 1.

Experiment 1

While filming the movie Steve had trouble saying his lines Several lions napped in the shade of some tall trees Your children like to play games without any adults around Wanda and Jim are taking their vacation in Eastern Europe

Experiment 2

had the saying movie While trouble lines filming his Steve trees lions tall in Several some napped the shade to games like without play Your around any children adults Wanda Europe in Eastern taking their vacation Jim and are

Experiment 3

while filming the MOVIE steve had trouble saying HIS lines. several LIONS napped IN the shade of some tall trees your children LIKE to PLAY games without any adults around WANDA and jim are taking THEIR vacation in eastern europe