Baseline equivalence across stimulation groups rules out prior memory-ability differences as an explanation for post-intervention effects¶
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q3 i? The four groups did not differ on the third and final pre-intervention free recall test, F < 1.0. → Limor Shtoots 2024
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Limor Shtoots 2024¶
Limor Shtoots, Asher Nadler, Roni Partouche, Dorin Sharir, Aryeh Rothstein, Liran Shati & Daniel A. Levy. (2024). Frontal midline theta transcranial alternating current stimulation enhances early consolidation of episodic memory. npj Science of Learning 9:8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00222-0
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Baseline check in the four-group randomized experiment: a one-way ANOVA on the third pre-intervention free recall test found "no group differences, F < 1.0." The article concludes that later tACS effects "cannot be attributed to prior group differences in baseline memory ability." No effect size is printed.
"We, therefore, followed up with a one-way ANOVA examining group free recall scores for the third andfinal pre-intervention test; thisrevealed no group differences, F < 1.0."
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Baseline equivalence across stimulation groups rules out prior memory-ability differences as an explanation for post-intervention effects |
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Baseline equivalence across stimulation groups rules out prior memory-ability differences as an explanation for post-intervention effects |
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