Table 6.

Sub-chronic effects of cocoa supplementation on cognition: SUCCAB task accuracy and reaction time.

	Cocoa				Placebo				ANCOVA
	Baseline (0 h)		Sub-chronic (4 week)		Baseline (0 h)		Sub-chronic (4 week)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	p
TASK ACCURACY (%)
Simple reaction time	99.74	1.15	97.50	3.93	96.79	5.80	96.76	5.85	1.03	0.32
Complex reaction time	84.43	11.53	80.53	11.77	76.32	11.88	75.28	12.30	0.68	0.42
Immediate recognition	78.89	10.72	79.84	13.70	72.98	12.01	78.49	11.84	0.34	0.56
Congruent stroop	97.84	2.74	96.84	3.21	99.19	1.49	98.55	1.92	0.61	0.22
Incongruent stroop	97.50	2.43	94.31	3.91	98.82	2.10	95.00	2.89	0.002	0.96
Spatial working memory	90.88	4.49	93.47	5.50	91.07	9.50	90.30	9.65	2.34	0.14
Contextual memory	80.79	13.78	87.50	12.98	87.50	10.33	88.61	8.19	0.02	0.90
Delayed recognition	75.90	9.27	74.17	19.34	68.28	10.30	72.01	18.04	0.81	0.38
TASK REACTION TIME (ms)
Simple reaction time	240.46	26.63	240.13	40.91	242.16	36.50	254.62	46.68	0.79	0.38
Complex reaction time	374.66	42.71	363.89	31.16	385.64	58.21	367.62	40.93	0.10	0.76
Immediate recognition	809.05	66.87	807.15	85.12	939.34	97.07	843.12	79.44	0.56	0.46
Congruent stroop	570.80	83.57	594.43	92.39	625.60	84.91	614.38	85.43	1.59	0.44
Incongruent stroop	667.32	85.26	662.20	108.35	680.43	90.70	680.14	69.05	0.30	0.59
Spatial working memory	695.85	81.35	641.06	82.61	743.67	106.79	694.15	89.73	0.62	0.44
Contextual memory	820.07	98.93	778.84	99.84	822.32	124.33	793.79	95.15	0.25	0.62
Delayed recognition	983.40	103.31	849.41	108.80	1029.26	154.85	901.04	124.46	0.74	0.40