Table 1.

Studies of language paradigms included in the meta-analysis (11 papers, 207 subjects, 12 experiments, and 174 foci).

Publication	Paradigm	n	Foci
Devlin et al., 2003	Semantic + phonologic − rest	12	26
Binder et al., 2003	Word > nonwords	26	26
Shapiro et al., 2006	Nouns > verbs	10	3
Katzir et al., 2005	Nonblend > plus-minus	12	12
Assaf et al., 2006	Correct recall	18	15
Wang et al., 2004	Naming > letter strings	12	7
Damasio et al., 2001	Word retrieval − picture control	20	7
	Action words − picture control	20	6
Longe et al., 2007	Verbs + nouns versus baseline	12	8
Binder et al., 2005	Naming − written words	24	32
Sabsevitz et al., 2005	Concrete − abstract nouns	28	26
Bedny et al., 2006	Word comprehension	13	6