Ströbel, Liane
Koch, Iring
Salge, Torsten-Oliver
Antons, David
Article History
Received: 18 June 2023
Accepted: 16 November 2023
First Online: 30 November 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in the present study were in accordance with the Helsinki declaration and comparable ethical standard. The study was not approved by an ethics committee because no physical or psychological discomfort and harm due to the participation in this study was expected. Moreover, we did not use invasive methods and did not test underage persons or patients.
: We conducted two studies using this experimental setup. Study 1 (10/2019) used a convenience sampling strategy while we conducted Study 2 (5/2021) with English native speakers from different English-speaking countries. In both studies, participants were first informed about the purpose of the study (to study a linguistic question of the understanding of two verbs) using a few survey items as well as a reaction time test. Next, we communicated how data were stored, analysed, and utilized for scientific publication. We also informed participants about European data security laws and their right to withdraw their consent. Lastly, participants were notified of the fact that they would not receive any payment for taking part in the survey. Only participants agreeing to these conditions were then forwarded to the study. All subjects provided written consent.