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Using a paradigm developed earlier, Ss were presented with two lines of six words each and were required to detect a target word common to both lines. There were three conditions: Condition A had all words, including the target word, starting with the same letter; Condition B had all the last letters the same; and Condition C had all words beginning and ending with different letters. These conditions produced significantly different reaction times, the slowest being found for Condition A.
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Tresselt, M.E., Hugo, B. Visual signal processing: A function of key difference-letter space location. Psychon Sci 18, 118–119 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335726
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335726