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. 2018 Jul 13;9:315. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00315

Table 3.

Comparison of late positive potentials (LPPs) that averaged between 350 and 750 ms post-stimulus onset across the three groups.

Late positive potential (μV) HC IGD OCD Statistical analysisa Post-hoc analysis
(N = 23) (N = 20) (N = 20) F P IGD vs. HC OCD vs. HC IGD vs. OCD
GAME STIMULI (LOL, FIFA, SA)
CP1 electrode site 0.3 (1.3) 1.6 (1.6) 1.1 (1.7) 4.253 0.019* 0.015* 0.193 0.527
CPz electrode site −0.2 (1.4) 1.2 (2.1) 0.3 (1.6) 3.370 0.041* 0.034* 0.671 0.230
CP2 electrode site 0.4 (1.2) 0.6 (2.1) 1.0 (1.9) 0.668 0.516 0.932 0.494 0.731
P1 electrode site 2.5 (1.8) 3.6 (2.5) 2.7 (1.2) 1.857 0.165 0.164 0.930 0.331
Pz electrode site 2.4 (1.8) 3.4 (1.9) 2.8 (2.0) 1.485 0.235 0.205 0.730 0.622
P2 electrode site 2.3 (1.6) 3.8 (1.8) 3.1 (2.2) 3.525 0.036* 0.027* 0.347 0.455
OCD-RELATED STIMULI (WASHING, CHECKING)
CP1 electrode site 0.2 (1.4) 0.5 (1.6) 1.3 (1.5) 2.742 0.073 0.857 0.069 0.222
CPz electrode site −0.3 (1.1) 0.1 (2.3) 0.6 (2.3) 1.290 0.283 0.820 0.254 0.602
CP2 electrode site 0.5 (1.5) −0.5 (1.4) 1.3 (2.1) 5.744 0.005* 0.149 0.251 0.004**
P1 electrode site 2.5 (2.2) 2.7 (2.3) 3.1 (1.3) 0.509 0.603 0.942 0.581 0.795
Pz electrode site 2.2 (1.8) 2.6 (1.8) 3.4 (1.5) 2.444 0.095 0.716 0.080 0.365
P2 electrode site 2.2 (1.7) 3.2 (2.0) 3.6 (1.9) 3.528 0.036* 0.190 0.033* 0.713
NEUTRAL STIMULI (IAPS NEUTRAL)
CP1 electrode site 0.0 (1.4) 0.3 (1.4) 0.5 (1.9) 0.578 0.564 0.776 0.546 0.931
CPz electrode site −0.5 (1.5) 0.1 (2.0) −0.1 (1.7) 0.673 0.514 0.500 0.728 0.933
CP2 electrode site 0.1 (1.5) −1.0 (1.6) 0.4 (1.7) 2.595 0.083 0.230 0.814 0.080
P1 electrode site 2.2 (2.1) 2.3 (2.2) 1.3 (0.3) 0.169 0.845 0.956 0.947 0.831
Pz electrode site 1.9 (2.0) 2.3 (1.6) 2.4 (1.6) 0.536 0.588 0.759 0.581 0.958
P2 electrode site 2.0 (1.9) 2.7 (2.0) 2.8 (2.0) 1.313 0.277 0.410 0.311 0.982

HC, healthy control; IGD, internet gaming disorder; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; LOL, League of Legend; SA, Sudden Attack; IAPS, International Affective Picture System.

Data are presented as means (standard deviation).

*

P < 0.05.

**

P < 0.005.

a

Analysis of variance.