A study by Brown and colleagues illustrates the use of simple effects analyses to break down an interaction between hypochondriasis levels and word type. To thoroughly understand this interaction, researchers analyzed the effect of hypochondriasis at each specific level of word type. The simple effects analyses demonstrated that individuals with high hypochondriasis recalled significantly more health-related words than those with low hypochondriasis. Conversely, there was no effect of hypochondriasis on the recall of non-health-related words.