Table 2.
Response times (RTs) and error rates (standard deviation [SD] in parenthesis) to comprehension probes as a function of syntactic complexity and working memory load
| No Load |
Low Load |
High Load |
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| Sentence alone |
Sentence + word |
Sentence + nonword |
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| RT (SD) | Error (SD) | RT (SD) | Error (SD) | RT (SD) | Error (SD) | |
| Active conjoined | ||||||
| Sentence | 2119 (78) | 8.2 (1.9) | 2389 (96) | 11.9 (2.9) | 2391 (94) | 7.4 (2.6) |
| Memory item | — | — | 1833 (89) | 8.1 (2.5) | 2154 (98) | 14.8 (3.5) |
| Object relative | ||||||
| Sentence | 2144 (99) | 5.2 (1.8) | 2525 (106) | 11.9 (2.7) | 2492 (106) | 11.9 (3.1) |
| Memory item | — | — | 1959 (89) | 8.1 (2.4) | 2099 (100) | 21.1 (5.3) |