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. 2021 Nov 30;18(23):12630. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312630

Table 2.

Effects of the intervention on short-term memory, working memory and shifting skills.

Measurement Repeated Measures ANOVA
Time Condition Sex Condition × Sex Time × Condition Time × Sex Time × Condition × Sex
F df p η 2 F df p η 2 F df p η 2 F df p η 2 F df p η 2 F df p η 2 F df p η 2
Corsi
Forward 0.99 1,52 0.325 0.019 0.64 1,52 0.428 0.012 2.17 1,52 0.147 0.040 0.04 1,52 0.840 0.001 1.05 1,52 0.232 0.027 0.33 1,52 0.570 0.006 0.29 1,52 0.593 0.006
Backward 9.87 1,52 0.003 * 0.160 0.02 1,52 0.886 0.001 1.82 1,52 0.182 0.020 1.04 1,52 0.312 0.020 4.28 1,52 0.044 * 0.076 0.46 0,52 0.500 0.009 7.63 1,52 0.008 * 0.128
Go/No-Go
Shark (omission) error 2.74 1,49 0.104 0.053 1.08 1,49 0.305 0.021 0.21 1,49 0.648 0.005 0.05 1,49 0.824 0.001 4.75 1,49 0.034 * 0.088 0.12 1,49 0.374 0.002 3.77 1,49 0.058 0.071
Fish (commission) error 3.16 1,50 0.081 0.059 0.000 1,50 0.998 0.001 0.24 1,50 0.629 0.005 0.001 1,50 0.969 0.001 0.42 1,50 0.519 0.008 0.05 1,50 0.834 0.001 2.19 1,50 0.145 0.042
Fish rt 0.77 1,48 0.384 0.016 0.64 1,48 0.429 0.013 1.67 1,48 0.203 0.34 0.14 1,48 0.714 0.003 0.20 1,48 0.661 0.004 * 0.001 1,48 0.970 0.001 0.87 1,48 0.355 0.018
Hearts and flowers
Errors 9.21 1,49 0.004 * 0.158 1.01 1,49 0.319 0.020 0.48 1,49 0.491 0.010 0.08 1,49 0.780 0.002 3.03 1,49 0.088 0.058 0.70 1,49 0.408 0.014 0.38 1,49 0.538 0.008
Reaction times 3.62 1,52 0.063 0.065 0.22 1,52 0.639 0.004 0.40 1,52 0.529 0.004 0.19 1,52 0.663 0.004 0.52 1,52 0.473 0.010 0.10 1,52 0.755 0.002 0.11 1,52 0.740 0.002

Note. Corsi forward = short-term memory; Corsi backward = working memory; Go/No-Go Shark error = inhibition; go/no-go fish error = sustained attention; Go/No-Go rt. = sustained attention; hearts and flowers errors = cognitive flexibility; hearts and flowers reaction times = sustained attention; *: p < 0.05.