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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2009 Mar;24(1):139–153. doi: 10.1037/a0014029

Table 1.

Number of Trials and Reaction Time (Mean ± SEM) for both younger and older adults based on confidence and accuracy during both recognition and confidence assessment trials.

Correct Incorrect
Younger Older Younger Older
Number of trials
 High Conf 85.4 ± 3.0 30.9 ± 2.2 7.1 ± 1.1 17.4 ± 2.5
 Low Conf 12.1 ± 2.2 34.3 ± 2.9 12.8 ± 1.4 32.6 ± 2.8
CONF RTs (s)
 High Conf 0.89 ± 0.05 0.96 ± 0.06 0.99 ± 0.08 0.95 ± 0.05
 Low Conf 1.18 ± 0.09 1.00 ± 0.07 1.12 ± 0.09 1.02 ± 0.07
REC RTs (s)
 High Conf 2.10 ± 0.05 2.50 ± 0.07 2.26 ± 0.10 2.61 ± 0.08
 Low Conf 2.83 ± 0.06 2.80 ± 0.11 2.82 ± 0.10 2.77 ± 0.08