Table 1.
Means and SDs of key neurocognitive metrics across the gamified and nongamified tasks.
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Gamified, mean (SD) | Nongamified, mean (SD) | Inferential statistics | ||
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F statistic | P values | |
| BARTa | |||||
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Bursts | 4.85 (10.3) | 4.62 (10.2) | 0.30 | .58 |
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Mean pumps | 84.48 (8.8) | 84.23 (9) | 0.14 | .71 |
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Total money earned | 1641.26 (347.9) | 1645.18 (318.6) | 0.16 | .69 |
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Coefficient of variability | 0.41 (0.2) | 0.42 (0.2) | 1.44 | .23 |
| SSTb | |||||
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Go RTc | 654.14 (145.4) | 669.54 (194) | 1.43 | .23 |
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Mean SSRTd | 347.52 (86.6) | 338.98 (83.1) | 2.66 | .11 |
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Integration SSRT | 344.19 (106.1) | 355.11 (134.6) | 0.42 | .52 |
| DDTe | |||||
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k function | 0.17 (0.3) | 0.04 (0.3) | 39.47 | <.001 |
| VMACf | |||||
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Training overall | 8.41 (48.8) | 10.32 (44.8) | 0.23 | .64 |
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Reversal overall | 5.40 (60.8) | –1.49 (58.1) | 0.90 | .34 |
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Total points | 21,006.57 (5760.1) | 24,760.59 (7192.8) | 26.98 | <.001 |
| SDTg | |||||
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Inverse temperature | 1.96 (1.4) | N/Ah | N/A | N/A |
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Learning rate | 0.36 (0.4) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Weight parameter | 0.47 (0.4) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Total points | 591.1 (82) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
aBART: Balloon Analogue Risk Task.
bSST: Stop Signal Task.
cGo RT: go reaction time.
dSSRT: stop signal reaction time.
eDDT: Delay Discounting Task.
fVMAC: Value-Modulated Attentional Capture.
gSDT: Sequential Decision-Making Task.
hN/A: not applicable.