Table 2.

Timing parameters for the different versions of the language localizer task

	Version
	A	B	C	D
Number of participants	45	4	4	2
Task: passive reading or memory?	PR	M	M	M
Words/nonwords per trial	12	8	12	12
Trial duration, ms	6,000	4,800	6,000	6,000
Fixation	100	300	300	300
Presentation of each word/nonword	450	350	350	350
Fixation	500
Memory probe		1,350	1,000	1,000
Fixation		350	500	500
Trials per block	3	5	3	3
Block duration, s	18	24	18	18
Blocks per condition (per run)	8	4	6	8
Conditions	Sentences Nonwords	Sentences Nonwords Word lists*	Sentences Nonwords Word lists*	Sentences Nonwords
Fixation block duration, s	14	16	18	18
Number of fixation blocks	5	3	4	5
Total run time, s	358	336	396	378
Number of runs	2	3–4	2–3	2

M, memory; PR, passive reading.

^*Used for the purposes of another experiment; see Fedorenko et al. (2010).