
Figure 1
Schematic outline of the inducer-diagnostic paradigm used in Experiments 1–4.
Table 1
Outcome of the ANOVAs conducted on the RTs and ERs of each experiment, as a function Stimulus Type.
| DF | MSE | F | p | BF | η2p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experiment 1 | RT | (2,60) | 153.74 | 22.17 | < 0.001 | > 1000 ± 1.49% | .42 |
| ER | (2,60) | .0004 | 6.04 | < 0.01 | 9.07 ± 0.71% | .17 | |
| Experiment 2 | RT | (2,84) | 213.53 | 19.63 | < 0.001 | > 1000 ± 0.89% | .32 |
| ER | (2,84) | .0005 | 4.18 | < 0.05 | 2.20 ± 0.99% | .09 | |
| Experiment 3 | RT | (2,90) | 204.37 | 32.54 | < 0.001 | > 1000 ± 0.99% | .42 |
| ER | (2,90) | .0003 | 18.6 | < 0.001 | > 1000 ± 0.63% | .29 | |
| Experiment 4 | RT | (3,114) | 293.88 | 3.18 | < 0.05 | 1.34 ± 0.52% | .08 |
| ER | (3,114) | .001 | 14.96 | < 0.001 | > 1000 ± 0.84% | .28 |

Figure 2
RTs (bars) and ERs (printed values) as a function of stimulus type in each experiment. Error bars denote standard errors. Standard errors for ERs are printed between brackets.
Table 2
Outcome of the paired t-tests used for decomposing the main effects of Experiments 1–3.
| Diff. | lower CI | upper CI | DF | t | p | BF | gav | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exp. 1 | RT | Incongruent – Congruent | 20.76 | 15.22 | 26.3 | 30 | 7.65 | < .001 | > 1000 | .24 |
| Univalent – Congruent | 7.79 | 0.88 | 14.72 | 30 | 2.3 | < .05 | 1.86 | .10 | ||
| Incongruent – Univalent | 12.96 | 6.22 | 19.71 | 30 | 3.92 | < .001 | 64.05 | .15 | ||
| ER | Incongruent – Congruent | .02 | 0.01 | .03 | 30 | 3.43 | < .01 | 19.83 | .54 | |
| Univalent – Congruent | .01 | .00 | .02 | 30 | 1.40 | .17 | .46 | .22 | ||
| Incongruent – Univalent | .01 | .00 | .02 | 30 | 2.03 | .05 | 1.14 | .29 | ||
| Exp. 2 | RT | Incongruent – Congruent | 19.63 | 12.62 | 26.63 | 42 | 5.65 | < .001 | > 1000 | .22 |
| Univalent – Congruent | 7.91 | 2.56 | 13.26 | 42 | 2.98 | < .01 | 7.59 | .09 | ||
| Incongruent – Univalent | 11.71 | 5.11 | 18.32 | 42 | 3.58 | < .01 | 33.27 | .13 | ||
| ER | Incongruent – Congruent | .01 | .00 | .02 | 42 | 2.49 | < .05 | 2.59 | .39 | |
| Univalent – Congruent | .00 | –.01 | .01 | 42 | .39 | 0.69 | .18 | .06 | ||
| Incongruent – Univalent | .01 | .00 | .02 | 42 | 2.46 | < .05 | 2.42 | .33 | ||
| Exp. 3 | RT | Incongruent – Congruent | 24.04 | 17.95 | 30.19 | 45 | 7.95 | < .001 | > 1000 | .28 |
| Univalent – Congruent | 12.43 | 8.25 | 16.61 | 45 | 5.99 | < .001 | > 1000 | .25 | ||
| Incongruent – Univalent | 11.61 | 4.29 | 18.93 | 45 | 3.19 | < .01 | 12.69 | .14 | ||
| ER | Incongruent – Congruent | .02 | .02 | .03 | 45 | 5.99 | < .001 | > 1000 | .87 | |
| Univalent – Congruent | .02 | .01 | .03 | 45 | 4.72 | < .001 | 908.21 | .69 | ||
| Incongruent – Univalent | .00 | –.01 | .01 | 45 | .89 | 0.38 | .23 | .11 |
Table 3
Outcome of the paired t-tests used for decomposing the main effects of Experiment 4.
| Diff. | lower CI | upper CI | DF | t | p | BF | gav | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT | Incongruent – Congruent | 11.8 | 3.59 | 20.01 | 38 | 2.91 | < .01 | 6.35 | .12 |
| Un. String – Congruent | 4.08 | –2.86 | 11.02 | 38 | 1.19 | .24 | .33 | .04 | |
| Un. Noun – Congruent | 5.32 | –2.07 | 12.71 | 38 | 1.46 | .15 | .46 | .06 | |
| Incongruent – Un. String | –7.72 | –16.06 | .62 | 38 | 1.87 | .07 | .84 | .08 | |
| Incongruent – Un. Noun | –6.48 | –15.69 | 2.74 | 38 | 1.42 | .16 | .44 | .07 | |
| Un. String – Un. Noun | –1.24 | –8.01 | 5.53 | 38 | .37 | .71 | .18 | .01 | |
| ER | Incongruent – Congruent | .03 | .02 | .05 | 38 | 5.06 | < .001 | > 1000 | .96 |
| Un. String – Congruent | .03 | .02 | .04 | 38 | 6.08 | < .001 | > 1000 | .85 | |
| Un. Noun – Congruent | .01 | –.001 | .02 | 38 | 1.75 | .09 | .69 | .28 | |
| Incongruent – Un. String | .002 | –.01 | .02 | 38 | .33 | .75 | .18 | .06 | |
| Incongruent – Un. Noun | .02 | .01 | .04 | 38 | 4.02 | < .001 | 101.47 | .71 | |
| Un. String – Un. Noun | .02 | .01 | .01 | 38 | 3.66 | < .01 | 39.71 | .60 |
Table 4
Outcome of the paired t tests used to contrast average performance on congruent and incongruent bivalent stimuli with performance on univalent stimuli.
| Diff. | lower CI | upper CI | DF | t | p | BF | gav | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exp. 1 | Bivalent – Univalent Noun | RT | 1.66 | –4.67 | 7.99 | 30 | .54 | .60 | .22 | .02 |
| ER | .00 | –.01 | 0.01 | 30 | –.46 | .70 | .21 | .06 | ||
| Exp. 2 | Bivalent – Univalent Noun | RT | 1.91 | –2.99 | 6.79 | 42 | .79 | .44 | .22 | .02 |
| ER | .00 | –.01 | .00 | 42 | –1.18 | .24 | .32 | .15 | ||
| Exp. 3 | Bivalent – Univalent String | RT | .41 | –5.54 | 4.71 | 45 | .16 | .87 | .16 | .01 |
| ER | .01 | .00 | .02 | 45 | 2.11 | < .05 | 1.20 | .26 | ||
| Exp. 4 | Bivalent – Univalent String | RT | 1.82 | –4.66 | 8.30 | 38 | .57 | .57 | .20 | .02 |
| ER | .01 | .00 | .02 | 38 | 2.79 | < .01 | 4.89 | .42 | ||
| Bivalent – Univalent Noun | RT | .58 | –6.69 | 7.85 | 38 | .16 | .87 | .18 | .01 | |
| ER | –0.01 | –.02 | .00 | 38 | –1.73 | .09 | .68 | .26 |

Figure 3
RT difference scores for the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentile, between incongruent and congruent stimuli, congruent and univalent stimuli, and univalent and bivalent stimuli. X-axis values are the mean RTs across congruent, incongruent, and univalent stimuli per percentile.
