Table 2. Statistics for task difficulty (easy, medium), noise (regular, noisy) and time-order (preferred, nonpreferred).

Factor	Dependent variable	F-statistic	p-value	Partial eta squared (η2)	Text reference
Task difficulty	d′	F 1,59 = 15.114	p = .0003*	0.20	{2a}
Noise		F 1,59 = 5.739	p = .0198*	0.09	{2b}
Time-order		F 1,59 = 78.310	p<.0001*	0.57	{2c}
Task difficulty * Noise		F 1,59 = 0.013	p = .9086	0
Task difficulty * Time-order		F 1,59 = 2.479	p = .1207	0.04
Noise * Time-order		F 1,59 = 0.271	p = .6044	0
Task difficulty	RT	F 1,59 = 3.292	p = .0747	0.05	{2f}
Noise		F 1,59 = 0.528	p = .4704	0.01	{2d}
Time-order		F 1,59 = 10.035	p = .0024*	0.15	{2e}
Task difficulty * Noise		F 1,59 = 0.076	p = .7838	0
Task difficulty * Time-order		F 1,59 = 0.229	p = .6342	0
Noise * Time-order		F 1,59 = 2.753	p = .1024	0.04

D-prime (d′) was used to assess accuracy and response time (RT) was used to assess speed.