Stimuli were presented in a custom black Helvetica font
against a white background to maximize contrast. The first
sentence of each pair was preceded by a fixation cross
to orient the participant to the center of the screen. Each
word of the first sentence was then presented in the center
of the screen for a fixed duration of 200 ms with an
inter-stimulus-interval (ISI) that varied as a function of
word-length (i.e., 200 ms + 32 ms/character). The final, target
word of each sentence was followed by a blank screen
for 2500 ms before the presentation of the naming prompt
(a question mark). The comprehension sentence was then
presented for 4 s, and followed by a blank screen for 2 s
until the next trial began.