For “education score”, there was a highly significant correlation with state EC ( p < 0.001, ρ = 0.27), and a marginally significant correlation with trait I-EC ( p = 0.01, ρ = 0.18) and age ( p = 0.04, ρ = 0.15) but no significant relationship with trait D-EC ( p > 0.36, ρ=-0.07).
Results Experiment 1 Recall performance on trivia questions A 2 × 2 ANOVA on free recall rates with the factors age (young, older) and state EC (high, low) revealed no main effect of age (F(1,52) = 1.05, p = 0.31, η 2 p = 0.02), but a significant main effect of state EC (F(1,52) = 165.18, p < 0.001, η 2 p = 0.76), and a marginally significant interaction of age × state EC (F(1,52) = 4.11, p = 0.048, η 2 p = 0.07).