Table 2.
Reaction times (in milliseconds) and errors (in percent) by presentation mode (visible vs. masked distractor presentation), relatedness (related vs. unrelated), and type of relatedness (categorical, associative, combined).
| Non-masked distractors | Masked distractors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical | Associative | Combined | Categorical | Associative | Combined | |
| REACTION TIMES | ||||||
| Related | 711 (132) | 672 (119) | 702 (77) | 654 (77) | 662 (78) | 660 (78) |
| Unrelated | 673 (116) | 687 (125) | 677 (80) | 665 (80) | 660 (89) | 656 (86) |
| Difference | 38 | −15 | 25 | −11 | 2 | 4 |
| ERRORS | ||||||
| Related | 5.4 (5.4) | 5.5 (5.7) | 7.0 (5.4) | 4.2 (4.9) | 3.2 (4.4) | 4.8 (5.3) |
| Unrelated | 5.3 (6.8) | 5.6 (6.0) | 5.4 (6.8) | 3.8 (3.8) | 4.3 (4.3) | 3.1 (4.1) |
| Difference | −0.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | −1.1 | 1.7 |
Standard deviations in parentheses.