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. 2022 Apr 29;13:877844. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877844

Table 2.

Mean scores (plus standard deviations) for variables.

Variable	Experimental group
	Exp 1	Con 1	Exp 2	Con 2	Exp 3	Con 3	Effects	F	P	η²
DMI accuracy ( n )
Pretest	66.73 (4.25)	66.40 (5.41)	67.13 (6.44)	67.40 (6.13)	66.27 (6.91)	67.20 (5.29)	Group	0.31	0.91	0.02
Post-test	67.00 (5.28)	65.60 (6.75)	69.27 (6.94)	66.93 (5.61)	69.13 (4.78)^*	66.87 (4.81)	Test	1.40	0.24	0.02
							Interaction	1.44	0.22	0.08
DMI reaction time (s)
Pretest	7.37 (1.4)	7.47 (1.66)	7.28 (2.08)	7.30 (1.64)	7.24 (1.72)	7.33 (2.16)	Group	1.50	0.20	0.08
Post-test	6.62 (1.51)	7.55 (2.09)	6.33 (1.93)^*	7.28 (1.40)	5.01 (1.46)^*^#	7.21 (1.65)	Test	16.50	<0.01	0.16
							Interaction	4.76	<0.01	0.22
Mental fatigue
Baseline test	2.78 (1.52)^*	27.13 (1.14)^*	2.59 (1.17)^*	2.42 (1.15)^*	2.71 (1.06)^*	2.41 (1.21)^*	Group	0.19	0.97	0.01
Pretest	3.61 (1.25)	3.50 (1.09)	3.47 (1.04)	3.53 (1.62)	3.65 (0.87)	3.37 (1.32)	Test	55.02	<0.01	0.40
							Interaction	0.15	0.98	0.01
RPE
Baseline test	1.60 (1.34)^*	1.43 (1.07)^*	1.40 (0.95)^*	1.50 (1.09)^*	1.57 (0.99)^*	1.43 (1.07)^*	Group	0.23	0.95	0.01
Pretest	5.13 (1.69)	5.27 (1.49)	5.47 (0.92)	5.07 (1.16)	5.13 (1.25)	5.00 (1.13)	Test	262.02	<0.01	0.76
Post-test	4.53 (1.64)	4.60 (1.55)	4.60 (1.59)	4.33 (1.50)	4.20 (1.31)	4.07 (1.75)	Interaction	0.25	0.99	0.02
ITQ	65.40 (5.14)	65.07 (4.67)	64.87 (3.82)	65.07 (5.20)	65.47 (7.03)	64.53 (5.63)	Group	0.06	0.97
Age	20.73 (2.37)	20.53 (1.96)	20.87 (2.20)	20.73 (2.02)	20.73 (1.94)	20.80 (1.82)	Group	0.04	0.99
DOT	5.33 (1.35)	5.00 (1.73)	5.20 (1.15)	5.13 (1.30)	5.00 (1.25)	5.20 (1.21)	Group	0.14	0.98

^*

p < 0.05 vs. corresponding variables' pretest;

^#

p < 0.05 vs. corresponding control groups;

DMI, decision-making index; RPE, rating perception of effort; ITQ, Immersive Tendency Questionnaire; DOT, duration of training.