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. 2020 Nov 17;238(2):441–451. doi: 10.1007/s00213-020-05691-w

Table 2.

Means and standard deviation (SD) of the outcome scores of the cognitive test battery and overview of all test values comparing the modafinil to the placebo condition

Placebo Modafinil Modafinil vs
Placebo
Test Mean SD Mean SD F p
Memory of visual material Early recall—correct 30.19 16.05 31.38 16.62 F(1,15) = 0.35 .564
Logical reasoning BOMAT—% correct 71.20 20.19 65.52 20.80 F(1,15) = 0.85 .372
Speed of processing ZVT—sec 56.59 10.71 55.88 10.75 F(1,15) = 0.22 .647
Working memory BackSpan 7.75 1.13 7.63 1.67 F(1,15) = 0.06 .814
Creativity

Alternate uses test

Mean nr. of uses

11.10 4.61 11.31 4.54 F(1,15) = 0.06 .810

Memory of

audio material

Early recall—correct 38.56 9.95 39.50 8.11 F(1,15) = .24 .632
False memory Early recall—lures 1.62 1.36 0.56 0.73 F(1,15) = 10.1 .006
Implicit memory 2.17 0.53 2.25 0.84 F(1,15) = 0.12 .735
Sustained attention PVT; reaction time in ms 387 34.9 375 33.1 F(1,15) = 2.82 .114
Motivation VAS—mean 6.51 1.54 6.58 1.3 F(1,15) = 0.05 .821
Subjective measures Fatigue 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 F(1,15) = 6.36 .023
Serenity 2.7 0.8 2.6 0.7 F(1,15) = 0.03 .857
Late recall (24 h) Visual material—correct 18.63 17.36 21.06 17.44 F(1,15) = 1.16 .299
Audio material—correct 27.5 11.5 30.5 8.36 F(1,15) = 2.39 .143
Audio material—lures 1.25 1.18 0.88 1.09 F(1,15) = 1.9 .188

Marked with * are p values that were significant after using Benjamini-Hochberg correction for multiple comparisons, with a false discovery rate of 5%

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