Table 2.

Mean values of orthographic and lexical characteristics of words that were used to create the 8 conditions for the fMRI experiment (standard deviation in parentheses)

	Target		Related primes				Unrelated primes
	Amb	Unamb	Amb		Unamb		Amb
			Rd	Rs	R1	R2	U1	U2
	Ball	Tiger	Game	Dance	Lion	Stripe	Pillow	Clock
Syll	1.68 (0.62)	1.48 (0.48)	1.72 (0.43)	1.56 (0.49)	1.72 (0.48)	1.56 (0.48)	1.76 (0.66)	1.60 (0.50)
Let	5.36 (1.55)	4.84 (1.35)	5.36 (0.99)	4.96 (1.38)	5.08 (1.59)	5.24 (1.14)	5.08 (1.41)	5.12 (1.48)
Freq	46.48 (24.44)	86.08 (241.31)	93.36 (61.30)	59.52 (64.82)	46.88 (104.75)	71.76 (45.99)	30.6 (44.73)	51.84 (146.84)

Note: Amb/Unamb = ambiguous/unambiguous condition, Syll = number of syllables, Let = number of letters, and Freq = total frequency (spoken and written) per million.