Table 3.
Mean Proportion of Words Correctly Recognized (or, for Lures, Correctly Rejected) Across Word Type, Age Group, and Nap/Wake Condition.
| Young adults | Older adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nap Condition (n = 30) | Wake Condition (n = 20) | Nap Condition (n = 29) | Wake Condition (n = 16) | |
| Remember words (proportion out of 50) | 0.69 (0.12) | 0.64 (0.16) | 0.69 (0.14) | 0.67 (0.16) |
| Forget words (proportion out of 50) | 0.49 (0.12) | 0.45 (0.16) | 0.59 (0.15) | 0.57 (0.19) |
| Lure words (proportion out of 100) | 0.78 (0.21) | 0.70 (0.18) | 0.73 (0.12) | 0.76 (0.18) |
| Words tested during encoding phase (proportion out of 24) | 0.77 (0.15) | 0.70 (0.14) | 0.83 (0.17) | 0.86 (0.10) |
| Total for all words (proportion out of 200) | 0.69 (0.09) | 0.62 (0.09)a | 0.68 (0.06) | 0.69 (0.07) |
| D-prime for all words | 1.12 (0.67) | 0.73 (0.55)a | 1.02 (0.40) | 1.18 (0.44) |
SDs are presented in parentheses.
aSignificant nap/wake condition main effect within that age group.