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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Comparison of phrase types and their means

From: Can a lexical decision task predict efficiency in the judgment of ambiguous sentences?

 

Ambiguous

Action related to subject

Action related to object

    

Measures

Mean (S.D.)

Mean (S.D.)

Mean (S.D.)

F(2)

p

η p 2

Post hoc LSD

Correct percentage

79.3 (21.4)

85.0 (16.11)

80.91 (15.69)

1.329

.268

.040

Average time

4173.14 (1394.36)

4119.69 (1039.79)

4191.60 (1407.68)

0.163

.850

.005

IES

6216.44 (4597.33)

5142.44 (2094.53)

5459.93 (2367.42)

1.359

.255

.041

Average number of fixations

11.96 (5.08)

11.65 (4.27)

11.75 (4.79)

0.392

.644

.012

Average time per fixation

223.16 (69.21)

222.49 (65.82)

226.97 (70.39)

1.239

.297

.037

Percentage of regressive saccades

13.84 (3.35)

14.84 (4.06)

14.50 (3.94)

3.449

.038

.097

AMB × ARS