Table 4.

Polynomial contrasts (F-values) for trends across ordinal sequence position in all four sequence types

	300–400ms			400–600ms			600–900ms
	Linear	Quadratic	Cubic	Linear	Quadratic	Cubic	Linear	Quadratic	Cubic
All Sequence Types
Position	0.26	1.46	4.96*	0	2.87	2.11	8.02**	3.51^	0.24
Pos x Type	27.86***	3.44^	0.143	57.33***	1.71	0.02	32.94***	0.73	0.06
Normal	9.97**	4.55*	0.77	17.36***	2.6	1.46	3.52^	7.43*	0.011
Semantic	0.26	0.18	1.29	0.18	2.63	0.08	2.11	2.13	0.15
Narrative	1.05	1.18	2.45	8.33**	5.60*	0.752	12.60**	0.133	0.023
Scrambled	3.51^	0.002	3.56^	11.37**	0.004	2.28	20.94***	2.38	0.48

df=1,23. F-values are given.

^***p<0.001,

^**p<0.01,

^*p<0.05,

^{^}p<0.1