Table 2.
Stimuli used in Experiment 1
| No mediator-cue association | |||||||
| Cue | Target | Mediator | Related | C-T | C-M | M-C | R-T |
| Blackboard | Class | Chalk | Bored | 0,014 | 0,676 | 0,000 | 0,048 |
| Racquet | Sport | Ball | Coach | 0,020 | 0,689 | 0,000 | 0,047 |
| Architecture | Design | Building | Decoration | 0,027 | 0,510 | 0,000 | 0,041 |
| Mare | Night | Horse | Flashlight | 0,021 | 0,740 | 0,000 | 0,041 |
| Anatomy | Science | Body | Geology | 0,041 | 0,607 | 0,000 | 0,047 |
| Sap | Sticky | Tree | Goo | 0,027 | 0,703 | 0,000 | 0,046 |
| Publisher | Newspaper | Book | Horoscope | 0,020 | 0,533 | 0,000 | 0,035 |
| Herd | Group | Cow | Peer | 0,021 | 0,562 | 0,000 | 0,039 |
| Perch | Stand | Bird | Position | 0,020 | 0,547 | 0,000 | 0,045 |
| Oar | Man | Boat | Post | 0,014 | 0,695 | 0,000 | 0,041 |
| Budget | Plan | Money | Procedure | 0,021 | 0,541 | 0,000 | 0,031 |
| Lumber | Yard | Wood | Rake | 0,040 | 0,596 | 0,000 | 0,041 |
| Calories | Burn | Fat | Rope | 0,040 | 0,527 | 0,000 | 0,039 |
| Cork | Stopper | Wine | Rubber | 0,020 | 0,517 | 0,000 | 0,014 |
| Skunk | Stripe | Smell | Solid | 0,016 | 0,559 | 0,000 | 0,028 |
| Cradle | Rock | Baby | Sway | 0,048 | 0,678 | 0,000 | 0,054 |
| Strong mediator-cue association | |||||||
| Cue | Target | Mediator | Related | C-T | C-M | M-C | R-T |
| West | Wild | East | Adventurous | 0,031 | 0,780 | 0,886 | 0,049 |
| Dog | Friend | Cat | Advice | 0,019 | 0,667 | 0,513 | 0,036 |
| Mother | Child | Father | Birth | 0,010 | 0,597 | 0,706 | 0,015 |
| Night | Moon | Day | Gravity | 0,019 | 0,686 | 0,819 | 0,042 |
| Answer | Right | Question | Incorrect | 0,040 | 0,540 | 0,767 | 0,040 |
| Queen | Bee | King | Insect | 0,041 | 0,730 | 0,772 | 0,039 |
| Bottom | Barrel | Top | Keg | 0,014 | 0,507 | 0,696 | 0,030 |
| Noun | Thing | Verb | Material | 0,016 | 0,690 | 0,642 | 0,041 |
| Front | Face | Back | Mirror | 0,014 | 0,520 | 0,715 | 0,047 |
| Supper | Time | Dinner | Place | 0,049 | 0,545 | 0,535 | 0,035 |
| Hammer | Saw | Nail | Sandpaper | 0,028 | 0,800 | 0,622 | 0,021 |
| Pepper | Sneeze | Salt | Sniff | 0,041 | 0,695 | 0,701 | 0,026 |
| Today | Show | Tomorrow | Stage | 0,013 | 0,503 | 0,527 | 0,047 |
| Leg | Walk | Arm | Trot | 0,036 | 0,503 | 0,673 | 0,048 |
| Loser | Sore | Winner | Ulcer | 0,030 | 0,508 | 0,600 | 0,040 |
| Volcano | Mountain | Erupt | Waterfall | 0,022 | 0,525 | 0,641 | 0,047 |
Note. C-T indicates cue-to-target association strength, C-M indicates cue-to-mediator association strength, M-C indicates mediator-to-cue association strength, and R-T indicates related-to-target association strength. Mediator-to-target association strength and related-to-cue association strength was always 0