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Published in final edited form as: Exp Aging Res. 2015;41(3):272–302. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2015.1021646

Table 2.

Language comprehension performance: Descriptive statistics for accuracy, reaction time, and efficiency by group and condition

Condition	Younger adults (n = 41)			Older adults (n = 40)
Condition	Accuracy	RT	Efficiency	Accuracy	RT	Efficiency
Plausible
No-negative	0.96 (0.1)	521 (812)	535 (438)	0.98 (0.06)	509 (342)	523 (348)
One-negative	0.95 (0.1)	732 (661)	749 (656)	0.92 (0.12)	817 (565)	909 (633)
Two-negative	0.88 (0.17)	1027 (703)	1163 (786)	0.87 (0.17)	1292 (709)	1578 (1023)
Implausible
No-negative	0.95 (0.1)	614 (548)	628 (506)	0.97 (0.1)	633 (412)	654 (452)
One-negative	0.92 (0.13)	692 (652)	746 (588)	0.96 (0.08)	925 (708)	984 (774)
Two-negative	0.84 (0.21)	1493 (960)	1744 (1033)	0.76 (0.2)	1683 (799)	2429 (1456)

Note. Data are mean (SD). RT = reaction time in milliseconds; Efficiency = see text for description.