Table 1.

Characteristics of the stimuli used in each experiment.

		VOT (ms)a	Release-to-offset VL (ms)	Word length (ms; short and long VL conditions)
Exp. 1	bath-path	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	225, 325	321, 421
	beach-peach	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	130, 230	329, 429
	beak-peak	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	158, 258	327, 427
	best-pest	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	169, 269	371, 471
	bet-pet	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	141, 241	304, 404
	bike-pike	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	203, 303	387, 487
	buck-puck	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	236, 336	400, 500
Exp. 2	bath-path	4, 5, 9, 14, 18, 23, 31, 35, 40	209, 422	305, 518
	beach-peach	5, 5, 11, n/a, 23, 30, 34, 43, 45	155, 296	395, 536
	beak-peak	4, 7, 12, 17, 18, 25, 30, 36, 41	184, 368	390, 574
	best-pest	0, 5, 13, 16, 19, 22, 28, 37, n/a	152, 268	412, 548
	bet-pet	0, 7, 11, 14, 19, 27, 33, 38, n/a	185, 366	325, 506
	bike-pike	0, 4, 12, 17, 23, 27, 34, 39, 46	222, 449	426, 653
	buck-puck	0, 4, 8, 14, 19, 26, 32, 37, 40	179, 358	313, 492
Exp. 3	batch-patch	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	155, 255	364, 464
	bet-pet	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	155, 255	256, 356
	buck-puck	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	155, 255	281, 381
Exp. 4	bath-path	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	240, 260	336, 356
	beach-peach	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	155, 175	354, 374
	beak-peak	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	180, 200	349, 369
	best-pest	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	190, 210	392, 412
	bet-pet	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	165, 185	328, 348
	buck-puck	0, 5, 10, 15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40	250,270	414, 434

^a“n/a” indicates stimuli that were not included in the analysis for Experiment 2 (see Note 5).