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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Aging Res. 2014 May-Jun;40(3):332–356. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2014.897150

Table 1.

Means (and standard errors) of participant characteristics

Measure Yngnone Yngacc Yngrt Yngboth Oldnone Oldacc Oldrt Oldboth
Age 19.0 (.48) 20.1 (.46) 19.1 (.50) 19.2 (.47) 67.0 (.48) 66.3 (.47) 66.8 (.48) 67.5 (.47)
Education1 12.7 (.28) 13.4 (.27) 12.6 (.29) 12.9 (.28) 15.1 (.29) 15.0 (.28) 16.1 (.28) 16.0 (.28)
Medications1 1.0 (.24) 1.0 (.23) 0.5 (.24) 0.7 (.23) 2.7 (.24) 2.8 (.23) 3.4 (.24) 2.5 (.23)
Vocabulary1 27.8 (.51) 28.2 (.49) 30.0 (.52) 28.2 (.50) 34.0 (.52) 33.3 (.50) 33.8 (.52) 34.1 (.50)
Digit Symb1 2 63.7 (1.6) 62.8 (1.6) 58.1 (1.7) 61.7 (1.6) 45.5 (1.7) 47.3 (1.6) 50.9 (1.7) 45.1 (1.6)
DS Memory1 7.8 (.28) 8.0 (.27) 7.8 (.29) 8.0 (.27) 5.9 (.28) 5.3 (.28) 5.9 (.28) 5.0 (.28)

Notes. Education = number of years of education completed. Medications = self- reported number of daily medications taken. Vocabulary = number correct out of 40 on the Shipley Vocabulary Test (Zachary, 1986). Digit Symb = WAIS Digit-symbol subtest (Wechsler, 1981). Digit Symbol Memory = symbol recall memory following the WAIS Digit-symbol subtest (Wechsler, 1981). Conditions: none = no feedback, acc = accuracy feedback only, rt = speed feedback only, and both = both accuracy and speed feedback.

1

Age comparison p < .01.

2

Age x Condition interaction p < .01.