Table 3.
Experiment 2 Participant Demographic Characteristics and Cognitive Performance.
| Characteristic | Young Adults | Older Adults | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral Mood (n = 27) |
Negative Mood (n = 26) |
Positive Mood (n = 27) |
Neutral Mood (n = 25) |
Negative Mood (n = 27) |
Positive Mood (n = 25) |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age | 20.63 | 3.00 | 20.62 | 2.73 | 21.04 | 3.20 | 74.04 | 6.84 | 72.00 | 4.90 | 73.44 | 7.33 |
| F/M (ratio) | 22/5 | 20/6 | 23/4 | 20/5 | 24/3 | 21/4 | ||||||
| Years of formal education aXb | 14.07 | 1.67 | 14.00 | 2.18 | 14.41 | 1.59 | 16.94 | 3.04 | 14.85 | 2.33 | 15.28 | 3.09 |
| Health rating a | 7.82 | 1.39 | 7.85 | 1.05 | 7.65 | 1.28 | 8.25 | 1.11 | 8.33 | 1.41 | 8.92 | 0.93 |
| FTP a | 51.78 | 8.47 | 50.65 | 7.57 | 51.89 | 9.61 | 38.12 | 7.39 | 38.56 | 11.15 | 40.48 | 12.03 |
| PANAS-PA a | 24.74 | 5.47 | 24.08 | 8.05 | 26.00 | 7.64 | 35.00 | 5.59 | 35.67 | 6.09 | 38.92 | 5.85 |
| PANAS-NA a,b | 14.59 | 3.43 | 14.96 | 3.45 | 12.15 | 3.34 | 12.28 | 2.97 | 13.63 | 5.81 | 12.04 | 3.30 |
| DASS-Dep a | 7.00 | 6.48 | 8.38 | 6.50 | 7.26 | 5.44 | 4.58 | 4.66 | 5.19 | 5.69 | 4.64 | 4.99 |
| DASS-Anx a | 8.00 | 5.38 | 7.08 | 4.57 | 6.81 | 5.58 | 2.56 | 3.98 | 3.56 | 4.24 | 2.75 | 2.88 |
| DASS-Strs a | 13.33 | 7.96 | 13.31 | 7.90 | 12.44 | 8.31 | 7.12 | 5.36 | 9.11 | 5.91 | 9.36 | 6.50 |
| VSWM a | 0.50 | 0.14 | 0.61 | 0.15 | 0.58 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.21 |
| Pattern Comparison a | 71.56 | 14.38 | 67.81 | 47.44 | 71.19 | 11.29 | 45.32 | 9.53 | 47.44 | 9.92 | 47.74 | 9.62 |
| DCCST a | 8.84 | 1.19 | 9.04 | 0.64 | 9.06 | 0.55 | 7.75 | 0.84 | 7.59 | 1.17 | 7.73 | 1.14 |
| Flanker a | 9.42 | 0.52 | 9.42 | 0.53 | 9.50 | 0.44 | 8.53 | 0.53 | 8.50 | 0.81 | 8.34 | 0.82 |
| Vocabulary a | 1475.22 | 217.17 | 1497.46 | 211.78 | 1551.15 | 139.67 | 1925.56 | 250.78 | 1930.37 | 226.87 | 2082.00 | 612.66 |
| SBT | 20.63 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.74 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 1.65 | |||||
Note: M = mean; SD = standard deviation; F/M (ratio) = female/male ratio; Please refer to the note of Table 1 for the denotations of each variable. a Significant main effect of age group (ps < 0.045); b Significant main effect of mood group (ps < 0.016); aXb Significant Age by Mood interaction (p = 0.048) in the 2 (Age) × 3 (Mood) Univariate ANOVAs.