Table 1.

Changes in exploration variables seen in midlife and young respectively from exploration phase block 1 to block 2.

Group	Variable	Block 1 (mean; SD median)	Block 2 (mean; SD median)	p	Effect size (partial eta-squared)
Young	Distance traveled (virtual units)	246.66 (31.00)	245.85 (40.04)	0.87	-
		246.62	249.75
	Turns made	65.14 (8.81)	71.4 (9.22)	< 0.001	0.31
		66	72.5
	Pause duration (seconds)	110.02 (23.16)	102.72 (42.84)	0.133	-
		109.03	90.76
	Button presses	139.9 (15.42)	148.24 (19.68)	< 0.001	0.23
		139.5	154
	Target object visits	11.88 (2.30)	11.50 (2.61)	0.34	-
		12	12
	Hallway visits	63.88 (8.54)	66.34 (10.95)	0.08	-
		65	67.5
	Clustering of exploration objects	0.82 (0.25)	0.99 (0.20)	< 0.001	0.23
		0.86	0.98
	Clustering of exploration hallways	1.77 (0.51)	1.89 (0.43)	0.18	-
		1.68	1.85
	Path roaming entropy	3.01 (0.11)	2.98 (0.08)	0.08	-
		3.03	3
	Longest hallway sequence	11.48 (4.27)	13.14 (4.42)	0.04	0.08
		10	12.5
Midlife	Distance traveled (virtual units)	224.13 (37.43)	219.76 (38.59)	0.14	-
		229.25	222.25
	Turns made	63.31 (10.70)	67.59 (11.10)	< 0.001	0.18
		64	69
	Pause duration (seconds)	139.79 (33.27)	133.79 (34.18)	0.03	0.05
		139.15	130.05
	Button presses	130.73 (20.03)	136.08 (17.93)	< 0.001	0.16
		134	140
	Target object visits	12 (2.60)	13.42 (2.76)	< 0.001	0.22
		12	13
	Hallway visits	58.71 (10.09)	59.98 (9.89)	0.14	-
		60	61
	Clustering of exploration objects	0.96 (0.31)	1.07 (0.34)	0.006	0.08
		0.92	1.01
	Clustering of exploration hallways	1.93 (0.48)	2.03 (0.54)	0.13	-
		1.91	1.95
	Path roaming entropy	2.96 (0.11)	2.97 (0.13)	0.6	-
		2.97	2.99
	Longest hallway sequence	9.89 (2.31)	9.02 (2.36)	0.01	0.03
		10	9