Table 2 Mean reaction times (RTs, in Milliseconds) and percentage error rate with standard deviations in brackets under different conditions.
Environmental protection words | Environmental pollution words | |||
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Reaction Times | Error rates | Reaction Times | Error rates | |
Chinese words | ||||
Compatible | 761 (97) | 5.3 (5) | 751 (92) | 5.3 (4) |
Incompatible | 874 (155) | 7.3 (7) | 874 (155) | 6.8 (7) |
Difference | 113 | 2.0 | 123 | 1.5 |
English words | ||||
Compatible | 1076 (189) | 10.5 (9) | 1094 (186) | 12.2 (9) |
Incompatible | 1130 (205) | 12.0 (10) | 1140 (210) | 11.6 (9) |
Difference | 54 | 1.5 | 52 | −0.6 |