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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2007 Aug 19;88(3):222–229. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.08.003

Table 2.

Summary of Anagrams Results (Ln = natural log)

Index n Propranolol 40 mg Propranolol 60 mg Propranolol 20 mg Placebo
Mean ± Std dev t = p = Mean ± Std dev t = p = Mean ± Std dev t = p = Mean ± Std dev
Ln sum of solution times(total) 72 49.89 ± 11.7 1.08 0.29 51.31 ± 11.6 0.58 0.57 51.40 ± 11.0 0.70 0.49 50.81 ± 11.5
Number solved correctly 72 17.92 ± 1.76 1.96 0.05* 17.53 ± 1.94 0.50 0.62 17.64 ± 1.92 0.89 0.38 17.40 ± 2.36
Raw sum of solution times(total) 72 588.9 ± 247.6 2.36 0.02* 638.4 ± 286.8 0.11 0.91 617.9 ± 238.5 0.98 0.33 641.2 ± 279.5
Ln sum of solution times(most difficult problems) 72 17.73 ± 3.28 2.67 0.01* 18.25 ± 3.56 1.91 0.06 18.3 ± 3.07 1.30 0.20 18.92 ± 3.75
Ln sum of solution times(simplest problems) 72 8.91 ± 2.77 1.81 0.07 8.46 ± 3.25 2.13 0.04* 8.91 ± 3.11 3.39 0.001* 7.70 ± 3.13
Ln sum of solution times(high latency subjects) 24 59.36 ± 7.17 3.84 0.04* 61.03 ± 8.15 0.83 0.42 59.42 ± 7.39 1.90 0.07 62.45 ± 5.64
Ln sum of solution times(medium latency subjects) 24 49.27 ± 8.81 0.58 0.57 50.20 ± 7.60 0.89 0.93 52.24 ± 6.93 1.24 0.23 50.33 ± 2.80
Ln sum of solution times (low latency subjects) 24 40.67 ± 10.2 1.66 0.11 42.59 ± 9.58 2.85 0.009* 42.24 ± 9.65 3.33 0.003* 37.56 ± 7.05
*

= significant results, p < 0.05

= between subject comparison