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. 2008 Oct;109(1):1–17. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.06.011

Table 2.

Mean duration of the second word for each condition

Condition Duration word 2 in ms
Real words
Nonwords
Overall Same Diff. Overall Same Diff.
Real regular past filled–fill 741 765 717 733 752 713
Pseudo past in /t/ /d/ mild–mile 721 753 689
[−Cor, −Voice] in /p/ /k/ lamp–lamb 683 707 658 661 680 641
[+Cor, −Voice] in /t/ belt–bell 665 697 632 693 713 672
Present tense in /s/ /z/ fails–fail 725 796 654 703 761 645
Plural in /s/ and /z/ meals–meal 761 813 709
Regular past in /Id/ folded–fold 754 819 689 784 822 745
Progressive aspect Inline graphic fending–fend 810 851 768 846 879 812