Table 2.
Estimated marginal means (M) and standard errors (SE) of the reaction times, mood ratings and accuracy for all levels of difficulty and reinforcement conditions of the rewarded spatial delayed recall task.
| Difficulty | Reinforced | Non-reinforced | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||
| M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | |
| Reaction Time (ms) | ||||||||||||
| Non-Trauma Controls | 1249.4 | 59.4 | 1331.4 | 59.2 | 1396.0 | 59.4 | 1288.1 | 59.4 | 1483.0 | 59.5 | 1436.4 | 59.6 |
| Trauma Controls | 1460.8 | 63.6 | 1495.4 | 63.3 | 1563.2 | 63.5 | 1466.2 | 63.5 | 1521.4 | 63.6 | 1692.3 | 63.8 |
| Remitted PTSD | 1309.5 | 66.0 | 1343.0 | 65.9 | 1419.1 | 65.6 | 1305.3 | 65.8 | 1424.3 | 66.0 | 1429.8 | 65.9 |
| Mood Ratings (0: bad mood, 100: good mood) | ||||||||||||
| Non-Trauma Controls | 79.1 | 5.3 | 80.0 | 5.3 | 77.3 | 5.3 | 72.2 | 5.3 | 68.7 | 5.3 | 65.8 | 5.3 |
| Trauma Controls | 83.1 | 5.6 | 73.5 | 5.6 | 78.8 | 5.6 | 74.9 | 5.6 | 73.5 | 5.6 | 71.9 | 5.6 |
| Remitted PTSD | 74.2 | 5.9 | 71.5 | 5.8 | 74.1 | 5.8 | 73.5 | 5.8 | 70.9 | 5.8 | 73.7 | 5.9 |
| Accuracy (% correct responses) | ||||||||||||
| Non-Trauma Controls | 79.2 | 3.6 | 72.4 | 3.6 | 60.9 | 3.6 | 84.9 | 3.6 | 71.9 | 3.6 | 65.6 | 3.6 |
| Trauma Controls | 75.6 | 3.9 | 58.3 | 3.9 | 54.8 | 3.9 | 75.6 | 3.9 | 63.1 | 3.9 | 51.2 | 3.9 |
| Remitted PTSD | 73.7 | 4.0 | 66.0 | 4.0 | 55.8 | 4.0 | 76.9 | 4.0 | 70.5 | 4.0 | 57.1 | 4.0 |
| Skin conductance responses (μSiemens) | ||||||||||||
| Non-trauma controls | 1.36 | 0.32 | 1.42 | 0.32 | 1.10 | 0.32 | 0.90 | 0.32 | 1.36 | 0.32 | 0.99 | 0.32 |
| Trauma controls | 0.95 | 0.38 | 0.89 | 0.38 | 1.10 | 0.38 | 0.87 | 0.38 | 1.50 | 0.38 | 1.02 | 0.38 |
| Remitted PTSD | 0.94 | 0.37 | 0.65 | 0.37 | 1.77 | 0.37 | 0.91 | 0.37 | 1.73 | 0.37 | 1.26 | 0.37 |
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.
The current mood was rated using a 100 mm visual analogue scale (0: bad mood, 100: good mood).
Levels of difficulty correspond to the number of circles to be remembered: level 1: 3 circles, level 2: 5 circles, and level 3: 7 circles. Accuracy is given in percent of correct responses.