Table 1. Characteristics of Words Used in the Current Experiment.
| Pretarget word 1 | Target word 1 | Post-target word 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Length | HF | LF | Length | Position | Length |
| Note. High frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) are reported in terms of frequency per million. Length is measured in number of characters. Position refers to the number of words that preceded the target word in the sentence. | ||||||
| Mean | 5.32 | 291.96 | 13.08 | 5.59 | 3.74 | 5.63 |
| SD | .97 | 269.54 | 5.89 | .49 | .85 | 1.51 |
| Pretarget word 2 | Target word 2 | Post-target word 2 | ||||
| Mean | 5.32 | 386.65 | 12.39 | 5.59 | 9.08 | 6.09 |
| SD | .99 | 650.96 | 5.52 | .49 | 1.18 | 1.65 |