Table 4.
Variable | Interaction sex x-valence category | Main effect of valence category | Main effect of sex | Positive pictures only: main effect of sex | Neutral pictures only: main effect of sex | Negative pictures only: main effect of sex |
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Picture valence rating reaction speed | F(2,3442) = 19.97 | F(2,3442) = 202.82 | F(1,1720) = 5.71 | t(1720) = −0.23 | t(1720) = −1.65 | t(1720) = −4.5 |
p = 2.4 × 10−9 | p < 1 × 10−16 | p = 0.017 | p = 0.82 | p = 0.099 | p = 7.4 × 10−6 | |
d = −0.01 | d = −0.08 | d = −0.23 | ||||
Picture arousal rating reaction speed | F(2,3366) = 59.99 | F(2,3366) = 50.61 | F(1,1682) = 5.89 | t(1682) = −0.71 | t(1682) = 0.39 | t(1682) = −6.46 |
p < 1 × 10−16 | p < 1 × 10−16 | p = 0.015 | p = 0.48 | p = 0.7 | p = 1.4 × 10−10 | |
d = −0.04 | d = 0.02 | d = −0.33 | ||||
Words SD | F(2,3878) = 1.23 | F(2,3878) = 83.7 | F(1,1938) = 63.55 | t(1938) = 6.51 | t(1938) = 5.78 | t(1938) = 4.76 |
p = 0.29 | p < 1 × 10−16 | p = 2.7 × 10−15 | p = 9.5 × 10−11 | p = 8.7 × 10−9 | p = 2.1 × 10−6 | |
d = 0.32 | d = 0.28 | d = 0.23 |
For reaction speed, there was a significant interaction between sex and valence category: males showed the slowest reaction times when viewing negative pictures (see Table 2). For the words short-delay (SD) memory there was a main effect of sex, with females in general outperforming males.