Table 2. Means (SD) for self-reported subjective experience, performance on the inhibitory control task, and electroencephalography (EEG) measures.
Means across rows (within each condition) with different subscripts differ significantly at p < .05 (two tailed).
| Dependent variable | Control condition | Ritual condition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-rounds | Post-rounds | Pre-rounds | Post-rounds | |
| Positive emotion | 4.76a (1.34) | 4.76a (1.45) | 4.86a (1.24) | 4.73a (1.48) |
| Efficacy | 4.27a (1.30) | 4.47a (1.42) | 4.65a (1.27) | 4.68a (1.02) |
| Motivated preparation | 4.90a (0.84) | 4.70a (0.97) | 5.08a (1.01) | 5.13a (1.03) |
| Positive ritual appraisal | – | 5.33 (0.99) | ||
| Low-conflict error rate (%) | 1.0a (0.94) | 0.58b (0.65) | 0.84a (1.12) | 0.46b (0.78) |
| High-conflict error rate (%) | 18.42a (12.17) | 21.86b (14.58) | 18.12a (12.83) | 22.25a (15.06) |
| Low-conflict reaction time | 352.96a (52.22) | 343.54b(55.60) | 350.50a (37.81) | 337.35b (32.91) |
| High-conflict reaction time | 417.31a (58.69) | 410.38a (66.67) | 415.98a (54.46) | 414.11a (59.52) |
| ERN (µV) | −2.26a (6.07) | −2.23a (5.97) | −4.87a (7.97) | −1.22b (6.09) |
| CRN (µV) | 4.27a (5.61) | 3.73a (5.46) | 5.21a (5.58) | 3.81b (5.44) |
| ΔERN (ERN-CRN) | −6.54a (7.55) | −6.05a (5.09) | −10.08a (7.55) | −5.07b (5.20) |