Table 7.

Experiment 2: Analyses of the RTs at the level of the mean. Notes: all effects were df =1; MIC =mean interaction contrast (in ms). ⁺ = 0.05 ≤ p < 0.10, * = p < .05, ^† = p < 0.01, ^‡ = p < 0.001.

			Threshold			30% contrast			60% contrast
Obs	Test	Effect	F	MSE	MIC	F	MSE	MIC	F	MSE	MIC
1	BL	top (t)				4.53*	29751	24	16.61‡	20825	−53
		bottom (b)				4.25*			7.71†
		t × b				0.31			3.99*
	EL	t	29.55‡	34284	7	80.74‡	4437	−65	38.43‡	5716	−53
		b	31.93‡			66.30‡			34.82‡
		t × b	0.03			21.55‡			10.71†
2	BL	top (t)				2.24*	248981	10	10.94†	73504	−71
		bottom (b)				9.01			3.62*
		t × b				1.36			6.00*
	EL	t	13.81‡	69154	29	19.71‡	83080	−107	22.95‡	37725	−51
		b	10.40†			3.23+			16.85‡
		t × b	0.09			5.07*			5.51*
3	BL	top (t)				3.64*	535271	−13	3.74*	167296	23
		bottom (b)				4.06*			2.74+
		t × b				0.78			1.87
	EL	t	34.07‡	77527	−19	52.46‡	15032	−95	60.62‡	6599	−84
		b	12.97‡			22.85‡			98.33‡
		t × b	0.10			13.80‡			23.81‡
4	BL	top (t)				4.01*	23212	7	8.31*	11313	4
		bottom (b)				6.48*			11.64*
		t × b				0.04			0.03
	EL	t	11.87‡	24014	24	63.42‡	9328	−74	14.54‡	82574	−125
		b	20.78‡			71.41‡			6.19*
		t × b	1.12			13.14‡			4.21*