Table 4.
Experiment 2: Harmonic mean RTs (ms) and error rates (%)
| Condition | Test prime | Control prime | Priming (ms) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | −M−S+O (scan-scandal) | 581 (6.5) | 589 (3.9) | 7 |
| 2. | +M−S+O (arch archer) | 581 (6.0) | 601(8.4) | 20* |
| 3. | +M mid S+O (bare barely) | 572 (6.0) | 589 (6.8) | 17 (*) |
| 4. | −M mid S−O (attach glue) | 582 (7.0) | 595 (6.7) | 14 (*) |
| 5. | +M+S−O (brave bravely) | 567 (8.4) | 588 (6.2) | 21 * |
| 6. | −M+S −O (accuse blame) | 581 (6.5) | 604 (6.9) | 23 * |
+/−M: Morphologically decomposable/not decomposable; +/−O: Orthographic overlap high/low; +/Mid/−S: Semantically highly related/moderately related/unrelated.