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. 2013 Jun 5;7:250. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00250

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the behavioral data.

A1+ A1−
RT [ms] Error rate [%] RT [ms] Error rate [%]
BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT
All trials 410 ± 48 6.8 ± 5.4 419 ± 55 7.1 ± 5.3
Congruent trials NEU 378 ± 44 0.5 ± 1.3 389 ± 50 1.0 ± 2.0
REW 368 ± 45 0.6 ± 1.6 372 ± 40 0.6 ± 1.7
PUN 371 ± 41 0.7 ± 1.7 375 ± 40 0.6 ± 1.5
COM 372 ± 40 0.0 ± 0.0 380 ± 41 0.4 ± 1.3
Incongruent trials NEU 469 ± 49 13.7 ± 12.0 473 ± 79 14.4 ± 11.9
REW 450 ± 48 16.8 ± 15.0 459 ± 61 13.9 ± 12.5
PUN 455 ± 50 16.6 ± 14.6 468 ± 63 16.0 ± 12.7
COM 458 ± 51 15.2 ± 12.1 458 ± 64 13.4 ± 10.3
Random trials NEU 422 ± 51 3.4 ± 4.2 433 ± 63 6.9 ± 7.3
REW 406 ± 52 5.7 ± 6.3 414 ± 62 6.4 ± 5.7
PUN 408 ± 53 4.9 ± 5.3 425 ± 64 4.8 ± 5.8
COM 409 ± 59 3.4 ± 3.8 423 ± 59 6.9 ± 6.4
fMRI EXPERIMENT
All trials 438 ± 38 3.1 ± 3.2 440 ± 43 2.2 ± 2.5
Congruent trials NEU 409 ± 34 0.3 ± 0.7 411 ± 43 0.2 ± 0.7
REW 398 ± 40 1.1 ± 1.7 401 ± 42 0.2 ± 0.7
PUN 399 ± 40 0.8 ± 1.7 403 ± 47 0.2 ± 1.0
COM 400 ± 42 0.1 ± 0.5 403 ± 45 0.6 ± 1.6
Incongruent trials NEU 484 ± 41 4.3 ± 3.6 484 ± 48 3.6 ± 4.1
REW 475 ± 41 6.0 ± 7.8 474 ± 44 4.4 ± 4.5
PUN 473 ± 40 7.1 ± 9.3 476 ± 45 4.7 ± 6.4
COM 478 ± 40 4.7 ± 4.6 473 ± 45 3.4 ± 5.0

Mean reaction times (RT) of correct responses and error rates ± standard deviations (SD) are shown. NEU, condition with no reward or punishment; REW, rewarded condition; PUN, punished condition; COM, condition with reward and punishment.