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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2017 Jan;45(1):57–68. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0151-y

Table 2.

Go-no-go task performance by diagnostic group and by sample. Means and standard deviations in parentheses.

Slow event rate Fast event rate Slow vs. Fast
ADHD Control F (1,65)= ADHD Control F (1,67)= ADHD Control
(n=46) (n=21) (n=51) (n=18) t(95)= t(37)=
Accuracy 0.88 (0.09) 0.93 (0.04) 5.05p=.03, η2 =0.07* 0.86 (0.05) 0.91 (0.04) 13.69, p=001, η2 =0.17*** 1.72,p=.09 1.50,p=.14
    %omissions 0.07 (0.08) 0.03 (0.02) 5.54p=.02, η2 =0.08* 0.04 (0.04) 0.02 (0.04) 1.80p=.18, η2 =0.03 2.20,p=.03* 0.18,p=.86
    %failed inhibits 0.25 (0.16) 0.20 (0.10) 1.53p=.22, η2 =0.02 0.44 (0.15) 0.29 (0.12) 14.44p<.001, η2 =0.18*** −5.96,p<.001*** −2.32,p=.03*
RT (ms) 681.82 (83.59) 644.53 (64.42) 3.28p=.08, η2 =0.05 588.56 (88.34) 585.48 (67.80) 0.02p=.89, η2 <.001 5.32,p< .001*** 2.78,p=.01**
SDRT (ms) 234.47 (47.64) 197.08 (39.13) 9.87p=.003, η2 =0.13** 219.14 (38.11) 188.16 (33.27) 9.35p=.003, η2 =0.12** 1.76,p=.08 0.76,p=.45
Ter (seconds) 0.415 (0.06) 0.437 (0.05) 1.97p=.16, η2 =0.03 0.393 (0.05) 0.403 (0.05) 0.58,p=.45, η2=0.009 2.00,p=.05* 2.28,p=.03*
a 0.162 (0.02) 0.160 (0.02) 0.06p=.80, η2 =.001 0.152 (0.01) 0.152 (0.02) <.00p=.99, η2 <.001 2.69,p=.008** 1.33,p=.19
z 0.092 (0.01) 0.100 (0.02) 4.33p=.04, η2 =0.06* 0.103 (0.02) 0.105 (0.02) 0.15,p=.70, η 2 =0.002 −3.95,p<.001*** 0.03,p=.42
v to “go” 0.238 (0.08) 0.285 (0.08) 5.06p=.03, η2 =0.07* 0.223 (0.05) 0.250 (0.06) 3.77p=.06, η2 =0.05 1.26,p=.21 1.53,p=.14
v to “no-go” −0.157 (0.11) −0.197 (0.07) 2.2, p=14, η2 =0.03 −.109 (0.08) −.198 (0.10) 15.13p<.001, η2 =0.18** −2.48,p=.02** −0.82,p=.98

Note.

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001

RT = reaction time. SDRT = standard deviation of RT. Ter = non-decision time. a = boundary separation, where larger values indicate more conservative responding. z = the distance between the start point and no-go boundary. v = drift rate. Larger absolute values of drift (v) indicate faster drift.