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Table 3 Pairwise comparisons between emotions from the Go/No Go task

From: Cortical thickness and emotion processing in young adults with mild to moderate depression: a preliminary study

  

Result

Statistica

Emotion Go Conditions

Hits

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FA

More FA in Sad Go vs. all other conditions

min p < .001

More FA in Anger Go vs. Fear & Happy Go conditions

p < .001; p = .003, respectively

RT

Faster RT for Anger vs. Fear Go condition

p = .007

Faster RT for Happy vs. Sad Go condition

p = .003

Emotion No Go Conditions

Hits

More hits in Anger No Go vs. all other conditions

min p = .004

FA

More FA in Sad No Go vs. all other conditions

min p < .001

More FA in Anger No Go vs. Happy No Go condition

p = .014 (trend)

RT

Faster RT for Anger No Go vs. Fear & Sad No Go conditions

p < .001; p = .011, respectively

  1. FA false alarms, RT response time
  2. aThis statistical comparison represents follow-up tests of a repeated measures ANOVA (significant main effect of emotion)