Table 2.
Network metrics for all groups and conditions.
| Group | Young | Elderly | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network density | Neutral | 81.04% | 49.08% | 0.032 |
| Disgusted | 86.21% | 49.61% | 0.0004 | |
| P | 0.435 | 0.967 | ||
| Mean nodal degree | Neutral | 0.81 ± 0.19 | 0.49 ± 0.23 | ** |
| Disgusted | 0.86 ± 0.18 | 0.49 ± 0.12 | ** | |
| P | 0.003 | 0.818 | ||
| Mean nodal strength | Neutral | 0.10 ± 0.03 | 0.07 ± 0.04 | ** |
| Disgusted | 0.11 ± 0.03 | 0.07 ± 0.12 | ** | |
| P | ** | 0.487 | ||
| Mean clustering coefficient | Neutral | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | ** |
| Disgusted | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.889 | |
| P | ** | 0.044 | ||
| Global efficiency | Neutral | 0.109 | 0.110 | 0.831 |
| Disgusted | 0.125 | 0.113 | 0.046 | |
| P | ** | 0.616 | ||
** P<0.0001.
Note: Mean values are given ± 1 SD. P-values were determined by a permutation t-test with 20000 repetitions. Bold font indicates statistical significance.