Table 5.
Mean reading times (ms) for second sentences for the texts in which the nouns were intended to be interpreted specifically.
| Stereotype | Female | Neutral | Male | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronoun | She | He | She | He | She | He | |
| PAST TENSE | |||||||
| Noun Group | Unpaired | 2535 | 2886 | 2474 | 2323 | 2918 | 2691 |
| Paired | 2722 | 2828 | 2391 | 2060 | 2966 | 2578 | |
| Colloquial | 2001 | 2953 | 2264 | 2500 | 2436 | 2773 | |
| PRESENT TENSE | |||||||
| Noun Group | Unpaired | 2430 | 2595 | 2959 | 2666 | 3028 | 2547 |
| Paired | 3081 | 2523 | 3052 | 2152 | 3710 | 2579 | |
| Colloquial | 2786 | 2780 | 3269 | 2248 | 3387 | 2172 | |