Does Reading Words Differing in Arousal Load Influence Interference Control in Flanker Task?

Curr Psychol · 2017 · PMC5329098 · PMID 28298876

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slightly significantp = 0.061so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Difference contrast analysis showed slightly significant differences between low and medium arousal words ( F (1,48) = 3.47, p = 0.061, η 2 = 0.071) and significant differences for the medium and high arousal word groups ( F (1,48) = 5.16, p = 0.028, η 2 = 0.15).

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a weakly significant differencep = 0.073so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Difference contrast analysis showed significant differences between low and medium arousal words ( F (1,48) = 4.9, p = 0.032, η 2 = 0.093) and a weakly significant difference between medium and high arousal words ( F (1,48) = 3.36, p = 0.073, η 2 = 0.065).

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