Table 1.

Characteristics of participants in each experimental group (data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, M ± SD).

Group	Gender	N	Age
No expectancy	F	20	20.20 ± 1.15
	M	20	21.30 ± 1.38
Low expectancy	F	20	20.95 ± 1.28
	M	20	21.55 ± 1.73
High expectancy	F	20	21.40 ± 1.39
	M	20	21.00 ± 1.59

F, Female; M, Male.