Table 4. Descriptive and test statistics comparing experimental (E) and control conditions (C) in each task of the Beta (N = 245) and Live (N = 277) datasets.
All tests were One-Sample T-tests except visual cues tasks (Repeated ANOVA) and Yawning (McNemar’s).
| Beta Data | Live Data | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Trials | Mean | SE | Stat | DF | p | Mean | SE | Stat | DF | p |
| Yawning | ChiSq = 5.513 | 1 | 0.018 | Chisq = 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Control | 1 | C: 44/245 | C: 65/277 | ||||||||
| Experimental | 1 | E: 66/245 | E: 64/277 | ||||||||
| Eye Contact | 3 | 40.46 s | 1.5 | NA | NA | 46.38 s | 1.41 | NA | NA | ||
| Arm Pointing | 6 | 3.96 | 0.08 | 11.851 | 244 | <.001 | 3.99 | 0.07 | 13.557 | 276 | <.001 |
| Foot Pointing | 6 | 3.86 | 0.09 | 9.519 | 244 | <.001 | 3.88 | 0.07 | 12.192 | 276 | <.001 |
| Other’s Visual Cues | F = .733 | 2,488 | 0.481 | F = 6.115 | 2,552 | 0.002 | |||||
| Watching Condition | 2 | 42.57s | 2.24 | 50.92s | 2.12 | ||||||
| BackTurnedCondition | 2 | 42.79s | 2.43 | 51.75s | 2.18 | ||||||
| EyesCoveredCondition | 2 | 44.18s | 2.47 | 47.74s | 2.23 | ||||||
| Memory vs. Pointing | 6 | 4.42 | 0.12 | 12.342 | 244 | <.001 | 3.8 | 0.12 | 6.7 | 276 | <.001 |
| Memory vs. Smell | 4 | 1.05 | 0.07 | 12.884 | 244 | <.001 | 1.05 | 0.07 | 13.819 | 276 | <.001 |
| Delayed Memory | 4 | 3 | 0.07 | 13.591 | 244 | <.001 | 3.14 | 0.06 | 18.567 | 276 | <.001 |
| Inference Reasoning | 4 | 1.96 | 0.08 | 0.597 | 244 | 0.551 | 1.87 | 0.06 | 2.084 | 276 | 0.038 |
| Physical Reasoning | 4 | 2.51 | 0.07 | 7.394 | 244 | <.001 | 2.5 | 0.06 | 8.126 | 276 | <.001 |