The main results were replicated using four different sets of models that included different sets of predictors
Model | Error | Difference | Balanced error | Balanced difference | Congruent balanced error and difference | Interaction of error and difficulty | Slope (βe/βd) |
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0–300 ms | |||||||
Full | 28 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 1.43 |
24% | 30% | 19% | 19% | 9% | 14% | p < 10−5 | |
Drop | 32 | 38 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 1.44 |
28% | 33% | 23% | 27% | 11% | 16% | p < 10−5 | |
Base | 33 | 37 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 1.49 |
29% | 32% | 18% | 24% | 9% | 15% | p < 10−6 | |
Reduced | 35 | 37 | 19 | 33 | 18 | 20 | 1.53 |
30% | 32% | 17% | 29% | 16% | 17% | p < 10−5 | |
0–200 ms | |||||||
Full | 27 | 36 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 1.63 |
23% | 31% | 16% | 21% | 6% | 11% | p < 10−4 | |
Drop | 28 | 38 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 1.62 |
24% | 33% | 17% | 24% | 7% | 14% | p < 10−5 | |
Base | 29 | 38 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 21 | 1.61 |
25% | 33% | 17% | 24% | 7% | 18% | p < 10−5 | |
Reduced | 29 | 36 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1.74 |
25% | 31% | 16% | 21% | 6% | 14% | p < 10−5 | |
−400 to −200 ms | |||||||
Full | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −1.73 |
5% | 6% | 3% | 7% | 0% | 7% | Ns | |
Drop | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | −1.68 |
6% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 0% | 8% | Ns | |
Base | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | −0.90 |
5% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 7% | p < 0.05 | |
Reduced | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | −1.05 |
3% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 6% | p < 0.05 |
All numbers indicate how many cells passed a corresponding statistical test at α = 0.05. Bold indicate that this value is significantly higher than expected by chance (binomial test, p < 0.01, p0 = α; df = 114; p0 = α2/2 for the conjunction analysis of error and difficulty). The same analyses were conducted using two additional time epochs from 0 to 200 ms and from −400 to −200 ms. The 0–200 ms epoch replicates the main findings and shows that similar signals can also be found closer to saccade onset. The −400 to −200 ms epoch provides a negative control and shows that, as expected, none of the findings can be explained by elevated false-positive rate of any of the tests. Ns, Not significant.