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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2008 Aug;61(8):1239–1249. doi: 10.1080/17470210701467953

Table 1.

An example sentence from the experiment illustrating each of the four conditions

Condition Sentence
1. High-frequency noun—correct preview
The opera was very proud to present the young child performing on Tuesday.
2. High-frequency noun—incorrect preview
The opera was very proud to present the young child pxvforming on Tuesday.
3. Low-frequency noun—correct preview
The opera was very proud to present the young tenor performing on Tuesday.
4. Low-frequency noun—incorrect preview
The opera was very proud to present the young tenor pxvforming on Tuesday.

Note: The stimuli shown in italics indicate the preview for each condition prior to the eyes’ crossing of the display change boundary. The preview was always replaced by the correct word after the boundary had been crossed.