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APPENDIX B<br />

Factorial analyses (ANOVA and t-tests) differentiating between all three<br />

participant groups:<br />

Non-bisected triplets (RT and error data):<br />

Response latencies: An analysis <strong>of</strong> variance (ANOVA) incorporating <strong>the</strong> factors distance to<br />

<strong>the</strong> middle, size relative to <strong>the</strong> middle and participant group was conducted on z-transformed<br />

RTs. <strong>The</strong> ANOVA revealed that <strong>the</strong> interaction between size relative to <strong>the</strong> arithmetical<br />

middle and patient group was marginally significant [F(2, 15) = 3.01, p = .08]. Subsequently,<br />

Bonferroni-Holm corrected t-tests were conducted to directly test <strong>the</strong> hypo<strong>the</strong>sis that neglect<br />

patients should benefit less from a central <strong>number</strong> smaller than <strong>the</strong> arithmetical middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

interval: Neglect patients did benefit reliably less (-426 ms) from a second <strong>number</strong> smaller<br />

than <strong>the</strong> triplet’s middle than did ei<strong>the</strong>r patient controls [-527 ms, t(10) = 1.82, p = .05, onesided]<br />

or healthy controls [-747 ms, t(10) = 2.15, p < .05, one-sided a ]. <strong>The</strong> three-way<br />

interaction <strong>of</strong> distance to <strong>the</strong> middle, size relative to <strong>the</strong> middle and participant group [F(2,<br />

15) < 1] was not reliable indicating that <strong>the</strong> disadvantage for neglect patients was not<br />

modulated by distance to <strong>the</strong> arithmetical middle.<br />

Additionally, <strong>the</strong> ANOVA showed strong main effects for <strong>of</strong> distance to <strong>the</strong> middle<br />

[F(1, 15) = 48.29, p < .001] and size relative to <strong>the</strong> middle [F(1, 15) = 38.71, p < .001]. So,<br />

triplets in which <strong>the</strong> central <strong>number</strong> was numerically far from <strong>the</strong> arithmetical middle were<br />

rejected faster than triplets with a central <strong>number</strong> numerically close to <strong>the</strong> middle (4424 ms<br />

vs. 5043 ms). Moreover, triplets with a second <strong>number</strong> smaller than <strong>the</strong> arithmetical middle<br />

were responded to faster than triplets with a second <strong>number</strong> larger than <strong>the</strong> middle (4451 ms<br />

vs. 5017 ms). Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> interaction <strong>of</strong> distance to <strong>the</strong> middle and size relative to <strong>the</strong><br />

middle was reliable [F(1, 15) = 13.94, p < .01]. This means that for far numerical distances to<br />

a Note: Similar results were obtained when directly contrasting <strong>the</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> decade crossing in an one-way<br />

ANOVA with subsequent post-hoc Dunnett t-tests: neglect vs. patient control p = .05, neglect vs. healthy control<br />

p < .05.<br />

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