Table 3.

Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) of the of the results on movement times, visual orientation, and blink behavior of both groups on the pretest posttest and retention test and under the low-anxiety (LA) and high-anxiety (HA) conditions

Variable	Group	Pretest		Posttest		Retention test
		LA	HA	LA	HA	LA	HA
		M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Movement times
Reaction time (s)	Experimental	2.09 (0.42)	1.91 (0.37)	1.97 (0.30)	1.90 (0.34)	1.89 (0.43)	1.90 (0.48)
	Control	2.31 (1.16)	2.12 (0.99)	1.90 (0.47)	1.88 (0.76)	2.09 (0.98)	1.95 (0.92)
Reload time (s)	Experimental	6.19 (0.84)	6.16 (1.13)	5.56 (0.85)	5.42 (0.81)	5.14 (0.67)	5.18 (0.83)
	Control	6.62 (1.39)	6.62 (0.94)	5.63 (0.68)	5.71 (1.02)	5.84 (1.08)	5.78 (1.05)
Total performance time (s)	Experimental	11.74 (1.45)	11.61 (1.82)	10.72 (1.09)	10.39 (1.15)	10.09 (1.35)	10.23 (1.47)
	Control	12.72 (2.89)	12.40 (2.45)	10.85 (1.35)	11.09 (2.34)	11.49 (2.68)	11.10 (2.76)
Visual orientation
During shooting (1–5)	Experimental	4.63 (0.45)	4.41 (0.80)	4.29 (0.82)	4.36 (0.84)	4.43 (0.59)	4.25 (0.56)
	Control	4.56 (0.63)	4.57 (0.68)	4.83 (0.29)	4.15 (1.28)	4.58 (0.45)	4.49 (0.64)
During reloading (%)	Experimental	25.65 (33.70)	56.46 (47.39)	39.80 (44.53)	54.91 (44.44)	38.96 (41.74)	62.05 (46.07)
	Control	9.00 (25.14)	34.00 (35.88)	8.00 (22.01)	43.56 (35.89)	21.54 (37.38)	19.17 (29.57)
Blink behavior
Blink rate (blinks/trial)	Experimental	2.95 (1.71)	4.41 (2.53)	2.49 (1.30)	3.53 (1.96)	1.84 (1.44)	4.80 (2.38)
	Control	2.84 (2.65)	2.48 (1.82)	1.94 (1.10)	2.32 (1.53)	2.76 (2.36)	4.64 (4.49)
Eyes closed (%)	Experimental	5.80 (3.59)	7.98 (4.08)	4.28 (2.26)	5.93 (3.26)	2.41 (1.43)	6.44 (3.82)
	Control	4.78 (3.28)	4.20 (2.50)	3.69 (2.14)	3.79 (2.41)	2.72 (1.85)	5.24 (4.20)

Percentages (%) for visual orientation refer to the percentage of trials in which participants turned away from the opponent during reloading. Percentages (%) for blink behavior refer to the percentage of total performance time during which participants had their eyes closed