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. 2016 Nov 28;11(11):e0167194. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167194

Table 1. Definition of stimulus groups.

FAS refer to the portion of subjects that answered with that particular word in response to the presented prime word, + to presence and -- to absence of associations between prime and target words.

Stimulus groups Homograph use as prime word Semantic relatedness between prime and target words—average and standard error of forward association strength (FAS)
English Dutch
Homograph unrelated + + FAS = 0.1386 (0.03) --
Homograph related + -- + FAS = 0.1436 (0.01)
Control related -- -- + FAS = 0.126 (0.01)
Control unrelated -- -- --