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. 2012 Nov 30;3:520. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00520

Table 2.

Mean d′ (and SDs) for masked recognition performance between and within age groups.

Duration (ms) Fearful
Neutral
Happy
Y O p Y O p Y O p
17 1.35 (0.9) 0.32 (0.4) <0.001 1.24 (0.9) 0.07 (0.4) <0.001 1.62 (1) 0.57 (0.5) <0.001
33 1.35 (0.7) 0.53 (0.4) <0.001 1.26 (0.8) 0.18 (0.5) <0.001 1.58 (0.8) 0.71 (0.6) <0.001
50 3 (0.7) 1.83 (0.8) <0.011 2.85 (0.9) 1.57 (0.8) <0.001 3.03 (0.7) 1.99 (0.9) <0.001
67 3 (0.7) 2.5 (0.7) 0.036 3.03 (0.8) 2.4 (0.6) 0.007 3.52 (0.3) 2.93 (0.5) <0.001
83 3.32 (0.6) 2.78 (0.6) 0.01 3.35 (0.7) 2.67 (0.7) 0.003 3.5 (0.4) 3.16 (0.6) 0.03
117 3.4 (0.7) 2.81 (0.7) 0.009 3.41 (0.5) 2.74 (0.7) 0.001 3.5 (0.4) 3.4 (0.4) 0.424
267 3.48 (0.4) 3.12 (0.5) 0.018 3.42 (0.6) 3.02 (0.5) 0.025 3.55 (0.2) 3.44 (0.4) 0.271

YOUNG
F N p H N p H F p

17 1.35 (0.9) 1.24 (0.9) 0.202 1.62 (1) 1.24 (0.9) 0.004 1.62 (1) 1.35 (0.9) 0.035
33 1.35 (0.7) 1.26 (0.8) 0.584 1.58 (0.8) 1.26 (0.8) 0.068 1.58 (0.8) 1.35 (0.7) 0.105
50 3 (0.7) 2.85 (0.9) 0.227 3.03 (0.7) 2.85 (0.9) 0.158 3.03 (0.7) 3 (0.7) 0.872
67 3 (0.7) 3.03 (0.8) 0.354 3.52 (0.3) 3.03 (0.8) 0.003 3.52 (0.3) 3 (0.7) <0.001
83 3.32 (0.6) 3.35 (0.7) 0.601 3.5 (0.4) 3.35 (0.7) 0.173 3.5 (0.4) 3.32 (0.6) 0.061
117 3.4 (0.7) 3.41 (0.5) 0.886 3.5 (0.4) 3.41 (0.5) 0.083 3.5 (0.4) 3.4 (0.7) 0.310
267 3.48 (0.4) 3.42 (0.6) 0.346 3.55 (0.2) 3.42 (0.6) 0.241 3.55 (0.2) 3.48 (0.4) 0.448

OLD
F N p H N p H F p

17 0.32 (0.4) 0.07 (0.4) 0.005 0.57 (0.5) 0.07 (0.4) <0.001 0.57 (0.5) 0.32 (0.4) 0.087
33 0.53 (0.4) 0.18 (0.5) 0.001 0.71 (0.6) 0.18 (0.5) <0.001 0.71 (0.6) 0.53 (0.4) 0.175
50 1.83 (0.8) 1.57 (0.8) 0.051 1.99 (0.9) 1.57 (0.8) <0.001 1.99 (0.9) 1.83 (0.8) 0.287
67 2.5 (0.7) 2.4 (0.6) 0.273 2.93 (0.5) 2.4 (0.6) <0.001 2.93 (0.5) 2.5 (0.7) 0.013
83 2.78 (0.6) 2.67 (0.7) 0.176 3.16 (0.6) 2.67 (0.7) 0.007 3.16 (0.6) 2.78 (0.6) 0.021
117 2.81 (0.7) 2.74 (0.7) 0.124 3.4 (0.4) 2.74 (0.7) <0.001 3.4 (0.4) 2.81 (0.7) <0.001
267 3.12 (0.5) 3.02 (0.5) 0.073 3.44 (0.4) 3.02 (0.5) <0.001 3.44 (0.4) 3.12 (0.5) 0.01

Y, young; O, old; F, fearful; N, neutral; H, happy. Bold p-values indicate significance level of <0.05.