They were also split into a timed group and an untimed one.

他们还被分成答题组和不答题组。

Still, the researchers found that this unconscious exposure to fast food symbols ramped up participants' reading speeds by 17 percent, even though the reading test was untimed.

尽管如此，研究人员发现，这种无识地暴露在快餐符号下阅读速度提高17%，即使阅读测试是不定。

Untimed participants who were given the hard goal spent 33% more time working on the questions than those who were given the easy goal, and 57% more time than those who were just told to do their best.

在不答题组中，与那些目标定低参与者相比，目标定高人在答题上花费间要多33%，而比仅需要“尽力而为”人则多57%。