Table 1.

Biographical details of participants with/ without simultaneous interpreting (SIs vs. no SIs) experience.

	SIs	No SIs	Difference (t-test)
			t	p
N of participants	27	22
N females	22	15
Age (in years, mean [SD])	42.74 [11.76]	42.59 [10.74]	0.05	0.96
Native language (N and language)	18 German 9 Other	18 German 4 Other
First foreign language (N and language)	14 English 9 German 4 Other	12 English 4 German 6 Other
Age of acquisition of 1st foreign language (in year, mean [SD])	11.70 [4.89]	13.18 [7.94]	0.80	0.43
N with structured education in interpreting/translation (e.g., university education)	23	16
Duration of structured education in interpreting/translating (in years, mean [SD])	4.27 [2.16]	5.44 [1.97]	1.70	0.10
N freelancers	25	20
Working time spent on consecutive interpreting per week (in hours, mean [SD])	2.83 [4.87]	1.32 [3.51]	1.21	0.23
Duration of professional interpreting and/ or translating until time of testing (in years, mean [SD])	14.00 [10.75]	12.93 [10.51]	0.35	0.73

SD, standard deviation.