The words preceded by morphological primes were recognized 86 ms faster than those preceded by non-related primes, and were recognized 109 ms faster than those preceded by orthographic primes.
The words preceded by morphological primes were recognized 119 ms faster than those preceded by non-related primes.
Planned t tests showed that words preceded by morphological primes during the 250-ms SOA were recognized 110 ms faster than those preceded by non-related primes [t 31) = 3.25, p < 0.01] and were recognized 125 ms faster than those preceded by orthographic primes [t 31) = 3,9, p < 0,01].
A preliminary analysis that included gender as a factor found that males responded, on average, 45 ms faster than females (p < 0.001); however, gender did not interact with any of the other factors (all p values >0.200); hence we collapsed across this variable for all additional analyses.
HV mismatches (1580 ms; 22% errors) were 2134 ms faster than VH mismatches (3714 ms; 25% errors).
For synaesthetes the RTs in the congruent colour condition were 79 ms faster than those in the incongruent colour condition (F 1,37) = 32.3, P<.001), and 69 ms faster than in the non-inducing condition (F 1,37) = 33.2, P<.001).
Unlike in Experiment 1a, semantic priming was now also obtained: responses in the semantic condition were on average 32 ms faster than in the unrelated condition (p<0.05).
RT analysis revealed the main effect of Handle Position (HP: F 1,19) = 7.17, p<0.05, ηp2 = .27) with RTs to congruent trials (403.3 ms) faster than RTs to incongruent trials (417.8 ms).
RT analysis revealed the main effect of Handle Position (F 1,19) = 12.2, p<0.01, ηp2 = .39) with RTs to congruent trials (371.7 ms) faster than RTs to incongruent trials (382.3 ms).
The chronometer was strapped to the participant's forearm like a wristwatch, and was programmed to display a random number alternating at a period 6 ms faster than their determined threshold.
