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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Lang. 2007 Dec 26;107(3):203–219. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.11.004

Table 3.

Results from Experiment 2 for Broca’s patients and unimpaired controlsa

Probe position 1 Baseline Probe position 2 GAP position Probe position 3 500 ms post GAP
Age-matched controls (n = 6)
Related visual probe 937 (37) 926 (53) 896 (45)
Control visual probe 935 (34) 902 (45) 920 (46)
Difference (control—related) -2ns -24ns +46p<.05
Broca’s patients (n = 8)
Related visual probe 1191 (134) 1170 (129) 1171 (136)
Control visual probe 1195 (133) 1246 (138) 1218 (143)
Difference (control—related) +4ns +76p<.05 +47p<.05
a

Mean response times (milliseconds) and standard errors (in parentheses) are shown for related and control visual probes at three probe positions, indicated by superscript numerals in the example sentence: “The audience liked the wrestleri that the1 parish priest condemned (t)i2 for foul3 language.” Priming is indicated by a significant (positive) difference between the control and related visual probes.