Table 2.
Reliability, means and standard deviations for paranormal belief and neuropsychological measures as a function of ability.
| Outcome variable | Reliability (α) | Ability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No ability (n = 206) | Ability (n = 197) | Practising (n = 96) | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Paranormal belief | 0.96 | 45.55 | 28.36 | 83.17 | 26.30 | 101.54 | 18.24 |
| Executive function | 0.89 | 10.82 | 3.65 | 12.88 | 4.54 | 13.31 | 4.36 |
| Working memory | 0.96 | 23.20 | 20.25 | 39.98 | 24.71 | 41.41 | 28.78 |
| Decision-making | 0.72 | 26.56 | 5.04 | 25.76 | 5.57 | 28.98 | 6.09 |
| Retrieval | 0.91 | 6.56 | 5.78 | 10.17 | 7.31 | 8.58 | 7.76 |
| Attention tracking | 0.85 | 2.36 | 2.95 | 4.71 | 4.11 | 4.70 | 4.52 |
| Factor 3 | 0.69 | 0.80 | 1.37 | 1.86 | 2.05 | 1.76 | 2.21 |
| Cognitive reappraisal | 0.63 | 27.20 | 5.28 | 26.53 | 5.83 | 27.45 | 5.79 |
| Expressive suppression | 0.56 | 18.15 | 3.59 | 18.34 | 4.15 | 19.88 | 4.29 |