Appendix B.

The words used in Experiment 1. The (non-studied) critical item is in the left column, and the (studied) neighbors are in the right column.

High C
badge	back, bad, bag, ban, bang, badger, bass, bat, batch, bath
bathe	babe, bail, bait, baize, bake, bane, base, bay, beige, lathe
chair	air, bare, care, check, cherry, fair, pair, rare, share, their,
chill	bill, chin, chip, fill, hill, ill, kill, mil, pill, will,
gear	beer, cheer, dear, ear, fear, gear, hear, mere, pear, rear
hair	air, bare, care, fair, head, hear, hell, pair, share, their
league	lea, leaf, leak, lean, leap, lease, leave, leg, legal, log
leash	lash, lea, leaf, leak, lean, leap, lease, leave, lied, lush
path	bath, math, pack, pad, pal, pan, pass, pat, patch, wrath
robe	aerobe, roar, rob, roe, role, rope, rose, rote, rub, road
shot	chute, got, hot, knot, lot, pot, sheet, shock, shop, shut
siege	cease, cede, sage, scene, seal, seam, seat, seek, seize, serge
thought	aught, bought, caught, fought, naught, sought, taught, thaw, thong, wrought
thug	bug, chug, dug, hug, jug, mug, rug, thud, thumb, tug
vat	at, cat, fat, hat, pat, sat, that, van, vast, vote

Low C
fray	fry, frail, frame, freight, gray, phrase, pray, ray, tray, bray
glow	blow, flow, glee, gloat, globe, glue, go, grow, low, slow
gut	but, cut, gait, get, got, gum, gun, hut, nut, shut
limb	dim, gym, him, lamb, lid, lime, limp, lip, live, slim
merge	dirge, emerge, midge, mirth, murk, myrrh, purge, serge, urge, verge
ply	fly, lie, pie, play, plea, plight, plough, ploy, pry, apply
pose	chose, hose, nose, pause, peace, pole, poor, pop, rose, those
sauce	boss, cease, loss, moss, saucer, saw, song, sought, souse, toss
serve	curve, nerve, salve, save, search, serf, serge, sieve, sir, verve
side	seed, cite, hide, ride, sad, said, sign, size, tide, wide
sing	king, ring, sick, sin, sink, sit, song, swing, thing, wing
slay	clay, lay, play, say, slate, slave, slow, slain, stay, sway
sly	fly, lie, sigh, sky, slaw, sleight, slice, slide, slow, spy
tree	free, tea, three, tray, treat, trio, trow, troy, true, try
verse	curse, hearse, nurse, purse, vase, verb, verge, vice, voice, worse