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Table 3 Young and older adults groups’ performance on the probe recency task

From: Age-related decline in cognitive control: the role of fluid intelligence and processing speed

 

Young adults (n = 80)

Older adults (n = 80)

 

High-interference condition

Low-interference condition

High-interference condition

Low-interference condition

Recent negative

    

 RTs

904.337 ± 212.009

879.987 ± 231.631

1310.519 ± 346.285

1262.706 ± 317.558

 Accuracy

0.933 ± 0.074

0.972 ± 0.069

0.912 ± 0.103

0.969 ± 0.083

Non-recent negative

 RTs

777.925 ± 162.656

796.506 ± 174.007

1108.05 ± 276.049

1144.569 ± 264.464

 Accuracy

0.987 ± 0.027

0.982 ± 0.032

0.976 ± 0.05

0.974 ± 0.039

Recent positive

 RTs

784.231 ± 153.083

781.775 ± 143.168

1136.431 ± 314.061

1084.181 ± 230.038

 Accuracy

0.959 ± 0.074

0.957 ± 0.047

0.948 ± 0.091

0.941 ± 0.06

Non-recent positive

 RTs

809.244 ± 147.426

799.05 ± 157.734

1150.2 ± 280.182

1121.537 ± 246.568

 Accuracy

0.911 ± 0.089

0.915 ± 0.086

0.886 ± 0.09

0.896 ± 0.091

  1. Mean raw median RTs ± standard deviations.