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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emotion. 2016 Jul 18;17(1):88–101. doi: 10.1037/emo0000212

Basic Experimental Effects on the Asymmetric Switching Task

Reaction Times Error Rate

F η2p p F η2p p
A. Before Reversal Only (blocks 1–4)
  Task (Location vs. Direction) 266.73 .75 < .001 3.10 .03 .082
  Switch (Switch vs. Repeat) 60.04 .40 < .001 108.14 .55 < .001
  Block (1–2 vs. 3–4) 33.58 .27 < .001 22.56 .20 < .001
  Task × Switch 18.74 .17 < .001 49.26 .35 < .001
  Task × Block 4.89 .05 .030 1.51 .02 .223
  Switch × Block 5.54 .06 .021 55.48 .38 < .001
  Task × Switch × Block 3.89 .04 .052 2.43 .03 .123
B. After Reversal Only (blocks 5–6)
  Task 237.80 .73 < .001 1.14 .01 .289
  Switch 42.54 .32 < .001 95.86 .52 < .001
  Task × Switch 19.85 .18 < .001 27.91 .24 < .001
C. Effect of Reversal (blocks 3–4 vs. 5–6)
  Task (Location vs. Direction) 315.03 .78 < .001 4.25 .05 .042
  Switch (Switch vs. Repeat) 51.54 .36 < .001 91.77 .51 < .001
  Block (1–2 vs. 3–4 vs. 5–6) .79 .01 .376 .08 .00 .777
  Task × Switch 20.19 .18 < .001 56.19 .38 < .001
  Task × Block 6.66 .07 .011 2.74 .03 .102
  Switch × Block 7.57 .08 .007 7.87 .08 .006
  Task × Switch × Block 2.45 .03 .121 1.21 .01 .274
D. All Blocks (blocks 1–2 vs. 3–4 vs. 5–6)
  Task (Location vs. Direction) 310.76 .78 < .001 3.04 .03 .085
  Switch (Switch vs. Repeat) 63.42 .41 < .001 147.76 .62 < .001
  Block (1–2 vs. 3–4 vs. 5–6)a 25.13 .22 < .001 14.56 .14 < .001
  Task × Switch 27.04 .23 < .001 62.84 .41 < .001
  Task × Block a 9.91 .10 < .001 1.19 .01 .308
  Switch × Block a 3.92 .04 .022 26.85 .23 < .001
  Task × Switch × Block 2.17 .02 .117 1.35 .02 .263

Note: Degrees of freedom for all comparisons were F(1, 90) except when noted (a), where degrees of freedom were F(2, 90).