Table 2 Descriptive information [mean (SD)]
Outcome | Self-paced activity | Bleep test | Control activity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-test | Post-test | Change (n = 4124) | Pre-test | Post-test | Change (n = 2437) | Pre-test | Post-test | Change (n = 2341) | |
Affect | 2.24 (1.99) | 2.19 (2.70) | 0.05 (2.75) | 2.04 (2.41) | 1.83 (2.83) | − 0.21 (3.07) | 2.03 (2.36) | 1.88 (2.67) | − 0.16 (2.62) |
Alertness | 4.31 (1.30) | 4.51 (1.55) | 0.22 (1.64) | 4.35 (1.34) | 4.35 (1.62) | 0.04 (1.73) | 4.21 (1.42) | 4.10 (1.59) | − 0.10 (1.52) |
Inhibition adj | 803.43 (150.05) | 767.47 (140.37) | − 36.46 (124.70) | 772.93 (141.73) | 766.15 (140.41) | − 1.72 (117.75) | 777.65 (140.15) | 763.40 (138.64) | − 8.29 (124.61) |
Inhibition RT | 648.95 (160.18) | 649.38 (152.11) | − 4.74 (123.22) | 640.72 (146.32) | 651.62 (151.15) | 8.77 (111.72) | 651.90 (147.07) | 650.51 (145.73) | 2.63 (115.44) |
Inhibition errors | 12.02 (9.70) | 9.06 (6.79) | − 2.47 (8.83) | 10.26 (8.08) | 9.08 (6.51) | − 0.74 (7.52) | 9.68 (7.59) | 9.01 (6.63) | − 0.51 (7.32) |
Verbal WM | 26.80 (15.22) | 24.87 (15.73) | − 2.49 (13.61) | 26.24 (16.01) | 22.44 (15.54) | − 4.72 (13.84) | 26.87 (15.75) | 23.19 (16.41) | − 4.28 (13.27) |
Visual-spatial WM | − 44.72 (37.21) | − 42.67 (37.77) | 3.46 (34.98) | − 43.64 (37.73) | − 39.84 (36.51) | 6.14 (34.25) | − 45.77 (38.01) | − 42.13 (37.56) | 5.27 (34.61) |