Table 3.
Mean (standard error of the mean in brackets) of accuracy (%) and reaction times (ms) for the explicit task for the two groups of young and middle-aged women. Scores depict both the accuracy and reaction times for self vs other body parts, according to the three levels of size distortion (round, actual and slim)
| Young (n = 28) |
Middle-aged (n = 23) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self | Other | Self | Other | |
| Accuracy scores | ||||
| Round | 79.11 (19.54) | 89.11 (15.91) | 69.04 (20.49) | 66.91 (20.10) |
| Actual | 80.50 (18.30) | 85.50 (17.31) | 69.78 (24.82) | 66.91 (19.62) |
| Slim | 72.07 (23.50) | 85.50 (16.91) | 63.04 (23.38) | 69.83 (23.01) |
| Reaction times | ||||
| Round | 1010.46 (54.23) | 1010.66 (54.50) | 866.19 (59.84) | 943.90 (60.14) |
| Actual | 1004.80 (57.21) | 1007.91 (53.18) | 848.73 (63.12) | 947.01 (58.67) |
| Slim | 1013.11 (55.35) | 1008.82 (53.63) | 883.97 (61.07) | 936.01 (59.18) |