No age differences emerge in how threat and cognitive load interact on working memory accuracy or reaction time¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
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q3 i0 The three-way Condition by Load by Group interaction was not significant for accuracy (ηp2 = .009) or for RT (ηp2 = .01). → Patel Nilam 2016

Evidence¶

Patel Nilam 2016¶

Patel Nilam, Vytal Katherine, Pavletic Nevia, Stoodley Catherine, Pine Daniel S., Grillon Christian, Ernst Monique. (2016). Interaction of Threat and Verbal Working Memory in Adolescents. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12582

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rANOVA on accuracy with Condition and Load within-subjects and Group between-subjects in the adolescent-adult comparison. The study reports the three-way interaction "was not found for accuracy (F(2,96) = .44, p > .1, ηp2 = .009)"; the parallel RT three-way was also non-significant (F(2,96) = .46, ηp2 = .01).

"a 3-way Condition by Load by Group interaction was not found for accuracy (F(2,96) = .44, p > .1, ηp2 = .009)"

Discussion¶

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