Table 2.
Language localizer versions.
| Version | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 624 | 67 | 60 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Task type | BP | MP | N/MP | MP | MP | BP | MP | N | MP | N |
| Words/Nonwords per trial | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | Variable | 8 | Variable |
| Modality | Visual | Visual | Visual | Visual | Visual | Visual | Visual | Auditory | Auditory | Auditory |
| Trial duration (ms) | 6000 | 4800 | 6000 | 6000 | 4800 | 4800 | 4800 | 18000 | 6000 | 12000 |
| Trial-initial Fixation | 100 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 600 | 300 | |||
| Stimulus | 5400 (450/word) | 2800 (350/word) | 4200 (350/word) | 4200 (350/word) | 2800 (350/word) | 4200 (350/word) | 2800 (350/word) | 3300–4300 | ||
| Button icon/Memory probe | 400 | 1350 | 0 or 1000 | 1000 | 1350 | 1350 | ≤1000 | |||
| Trial-final Fixation | 100 | 350 | 500 or 1500 | 500 | 350 | 350 | Until 6000 | |||
| Trials per block | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Block duration (s) | 18 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 12 |
| Blocks per condition per run | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| Conditions | Sentences, Nonwords | Sentences, Wordlists, Nonwords | Sentences, Nonwords | Sentences, Wordlists, Nonwords | Sentences, Wordlists, Jabberwocky, Nonwords | Sentences, Wordlists, Jabberwocky, Nonwords | Sentences, Nonwords | Intact, Degraded | Sentences, Wordlists, Jabberwocky, Nonwords | Sentences, Nonwords |
| Fixation block duration (s) | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Fixation blocks per run | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Total run time (s) | 358 | 336 | 378 | 396 | 464 | 504 | 464 | 358 | 464 | 464 |
| Number of runs | 2 | 2–5 | 2 | 2–3 | 6–8 | 2–8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Timing parameters for each version of the language localizer task. Under task type, the options are defined as follows: BP = Button Press, MP = Memory Probe, N = No Task. (For the Memory Probe task, the correct probes were approximately equally likely to come from early, middle, and late parts of the string).