Table 2.
Accuracy and latency data for FOL, CLA and relevant control groups on the word reading experiments.
| Reading skills |
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| FOL | Control group | Difference | CLA | Control group | Difference | ||
| 1. Brown and Ure words | Total correct | 72/72 (100%) | 71.8/72 ± .4 (99.7% ± .6) | – | 72/72 (100%) | 72/72 (100%) | – |
| Reaction Time (RT) | .60 ± .11 | .51 ± .04 | t = 1.9, p = .08 | .64 ± .12 | .57 ± .06 | t = 1.2, p > .1 | |
| 2. Coltheart words | Total correct | 77/78 (98.7%) | 78/78 (100%) | – | 78/78 (100%) | 78/78 (100%) | – |
| RT (regular) | .54 ± .08 | .48 ± .04 | t = 1.2, p > .1 | .72 ± .34 | .53 ± .05 | t = 10.5, p < .001 | |
| RT (irregular) | .59 ± .14 | .51 ± .05 | t = 1.3, p > .1 | .92 ± .81 | .55 ± .05 | t = 10.5, p < .001 | |
| 3. Schonell words | Total correct | 97/100 (97%) | 99.3/100 ± 1.0 (99.3% ± 1.0) | t = −2.1, p = .063 | 100/100 (100%) | 99/100 ± 1.2 (99% ± 1.2) | t = 2.8, p < .05 |
| Mean RT | .72 ± .22 | .54 ± .07 | t = 2.2, p = .056 | .78 ± .31 | .60 ± .06 | t = 2.8, p < .05 | |