Table 1.

Global and local ratings of semantic coherence across panels

	Normal		Semantic Only		Structural Only		Scrambled
Global	6.13 (.72)		3.56 (1.1)		2.66 (.73)		2.39 (.69)
Positions	All	Targets	All	Targets	All	Targets	All	Targets
1--2	5.80 (.93)	6.09 (1.2)	4.44 (1)	3.72 (1.6)	3.05 (.99)	2.71 (1.5)	2.54 (1.1)	2.31 (1.3)
2--3	5.54 (1)	5.39 (1.7)	3.21 (1)	3.44 (1.6)	2.48 (.93)	2.86 (1.8)	4.94 (.86)	2.4 (1.3)
3--4	5.59 (.94)	5.69 (1.4)	2.56 (1)	3.89 (1.7)	4.70 (.78)	2.81 (1.4)	3.59 (.94)	2.55 (1.5)
4--5	5.66 (.94)	5.75 (1.3)	4.05 (.76)	3.47 (1.5)	3.78 (.91)	2.94 (1.5)	2.65 (.99)	2.43 (1.4)
5--6	5.40 (.96)	5.15 (1.8)	4.19 (1.0)	3.53 (1.5)	2.84 (.96)	2.64 (1.4)	2.46 (1.1)	2.36 (1.4)
Ave Local	5.59 (.83)	5.61 (1.5)	3.57 (.83)	3.61 (1.6)	2.68 (.91)	2.79 (1.5)	2.46 (.95)	2.41 (1.4)

Mean ratings for semantic coherence for each sequence type (on a scale of 1–7). Global ratings are for each type of sequence as a whole. Local ratings are shown for all adjacent pairs of panels as well as more specifically for Targets and their immediately preceding panel.