Table 10.

The interaction between word frequency and spelling–sound consistency in published lexical decision experiments and in virtual experiments with the same stimuli as those from the British Lexicon Project

		Original Experiment RTs	Virtual Experiment RTs
Seidenberg et al. (1984, Experiment 2)	High frequency, regular inconsistent	584	534
	High frequency, strange	570	526
	High frequency, regular	601	534
	Low frequency, regular inconsistent	626	603
	Low frequency, strange	673	613
	Low frequency, regular	633	598
	Effect of frequency	59**	73**
	Effect of regularity	n.s.	n.s.
	Frequency × regularity interaction	p<.05	n.s.
Seidenberg et al. (1984, Experiment 3)	High frequency, regular	533	534
	High frequency, exception	530	564
	Low frequency, regular	601	600
	Low frequency, exception	604	593
	Effect of frequency	71**	47**
	Effect of regularity	0	-11
	Frequency × regularity interaction	3	18
Hino and Lupker (1996, Experiment 5b)	High frequency, regular	500	543
	High frequency, exception	492	521
	Low frequency, regular	573	597
	Low frequency, exception	579	571
	Effect of frequency	80**	52**
	Effect of regularity	-1	-24*
	Frequency × regularity interaction	7	2
Stone et al. (1997), Experiment 1)	Feedback consistent	774	597
	Feedback inconsistent	807	595
	Effect of feedback consistency	33*	-2
Stone et al. (1997, Experiment 2)	Feedforward consistent, feedback consistent	732	574
	Feedforward consistent, feedback inconsistent	778	620
	Feedforward inconsistent, feedback consistent	780	593
	Feedforward inconsistent, feedback inconsistent	770	604
	Effect of feedforward consistency	20+	2
	Effect of feedback consistency	18+	29**
	Feedforward × feedback interaction	28+	18+

** p<.01, * p<.05, ⁺ p<.10 or significant only in F ₁ or F ₂