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. 2011 Feb 3;6(2):e16618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016618

Table 4. Confound Free Age Contrasts: Vigilance with Focal Cues.

1st Author & Year Exp. Condition ny no My Mo Notes
Cohen '01 [63] 1 very related 24 24 0.92 0.78
Cohen '01 [63] 1 somewhat related* 24 24 0.87 0.72
Cohen '01 [63] 1 unrelated 24 24 0.73 0.52
Cohen '01 [63] 2 picture+word related 24 24 0.96 0.85
Cohen '01 [63] 2 picture+word unrelated 24 24 0.91 0.74
Cohen '01 [63] 2 word only related* 24 24 0.74 0.45
Cohen '01 [63] 2 word only unrelated 24 24 0.73 0.34
d'Ydewalle '99 [64] 1 q&a 30 30 0.81 0.42
Einstein '95 [65] 2 specific cue* 11 12 0.85 0.83
Einstein '97 [66] 1 standard* 16 16 0.71 0.53
Einstein '97 [66] 1 demanding* 16 16 0.58 0.25
Einstein '97 [66] 2 enc std/ret std* 16 16 0.66 0.58
Einstein '97 [66] 2 enc std/ret dem* 16 16 0.64 0.38
Einstein '97 [66] 2 enc dem/ret std* 16 16 0.47 0.54
Einstein '97 [66] 2 enc dem/ret dem* 16 16 0.55 0.17
Einstein '98 [67] 1 std att/no cue* 15 15 0.91 0.69
Einstein '98 [67] 1 std att/cue* 15 15 0.89 0.73
Einstein '98 [67] 1 div att/no cue* 15 15 0.82 0.62
Einstein '98 [67] 1 div att/cue* 15 15 0.81 0.52
Logie '04 [68] 1 low arithmetic 10 10 1.00 0.98
Logie '04 [68] 1 high arithmetic* 10 10 0.96 0.80
Martin '03 [32] 1 word rating* 40 40 0.95 0.79
Maylor '02 [69] 1 movie* 15 15 1.00 0.92
Maylor '02 [69] 2 related 10 10 1.00 0.88
Maylor '02 [69] 2 unrelated* 10 10 0.96 0.90
McDaniel'07 [13] 1 focal* 14 14 0.89 0.83
McDaniel'07 [13] 2 focal/trial 1* 24 24 0.92 0.83
McDaniel'07 [13] 2 focal/trial 2 24 24 0.96 1.00
McDaniel'07 [13] 2 focal/trial 3 24 24 0.96 0.92
McDaniel'07 [13] 2 focal/trial 4 24 24 0.88 0.88
Rendell'07 [15] 1 focal* 72 60 0.91 0.77
Salthouse '04 [22] 1 concepts 255 75 0.75 0.49
Salthouse '04 [22] 1 pictures 255 75 0.95 0.81
Vogels '02 [70] 1 pictures 16 14 0.84 0.69
West '01b [71] 1 percep/immed 20 20 0.86 0.60
West '01b [71] 1 percept/post 20 20 0.58 0.24
West '01b [71] 1 sem/immed* 20 20 0.58 0.39
West '01b [71] 1 sem/post 20 20 0.64 0.24

Note. Means limited by severe ceiling effects are printed in bold;

*identifies independent age contrasts (see Methods).