| Mean | SD | Min | Max | p valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(A) ‘Dental fear’ experiment (n = 17)* | |||||
 Gender (male/female) | 9/8 |  |  |  |  |
 Age (years)b | 24.2 | 2.0 | 20 | 27 |  |
 Dental avoidance2 | |||||
  Experience-based | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 0.06 |
  Imagination-basedc | 3.8 | 2.6 | 0 | 7.5 | |
 MDAS scoreb | 13.6 | 3.9 | 9 | 20 |  |
 Elicited fearb | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 8.9 |  |
(B) ‘Resting state’ experiment (n = 18) | |||||
 Gender (male/female) | 9/9 |  |  |  |  |
 Age (years)b | 24.5 | 2.1 | 22 | 29 |  |
 Dental avoidance2 | |||||
  Experience-based | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 0.07 |
  Imagination-based | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0 | 7.5 |  |
 | Dental avoidance | MDAS score | Elicited fear | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Experience-based | Imagination-based | |||
(C) Correlation of the variables from the ‘Dental fear’ experiment | ||||
 Age (years) | −0.298 | −0.405 | −0.123 | 0.020 |
 Dental avoidance |  |  |  |  |
  Experience-based |  | 0.396 | 0.763*** | 0.551* |
  Imagination-based |  |  | 0.344 | 0.250 |
 MDAS score |  |  |  | 0.711** |