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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2010 Sep 30;49(4):640–650. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.009

Table 1.

Arousal ratings: Mean (SD)

Deep Task Shallow Task
Group Negative Positive Neutral Negative Positive Neutral
YA male 2.71 (.35) 2.47 (.40) 1.43 (.21) 2.68 (.43) 2.41 (.47) 1.43 (.22)
YA female 2.92 (.41) 2.46 (.46) 1.35 (.21) 2.97 (.44) 2.44 (.44) 1.35 (.18)
OA male 2.59 (.37) 2.58 (.45) 1.38 (.26) 2.6 (.36) 2.5 (.45) 1.39 (.28)
OA female 3.04 (.35) 2.3 (.45) 1.56 (.26) 3.06 (.36) 2.31 (.45) 1.58 (.32)

Note: Arousal ratings range from 1 (calm) to 4 (excited), independent of valence.