Figure 1.

Experimental paradigm. (A) In the recognition memory test, each trial started with a fixation cross, followed by a colored cue, a fixation cross, and an old or new word. Old words were always from the corresponding color list, as indicated by the cue, and participants were asked to consider this information to solve the task. For each presented word, subjects had 4 s to indicate whether they recognized the word (old) or not (new) via button press. (B) In the color-assignment task, subjects were presented only with old words and had to identify the color list, from which the word was drawn.