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Table 3 Demographic information for participants in Experiment 2

From: When twice is better than once: increased liking of repeated items influences memory in younger and older adults

Measure

Young adults

Older adults

p

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Education (years)

14.70 (2.31)

14.29 (2.03)

0.49

Forward digit span

8.88 (1.42)

8.33 (1.44)

0.16

Backward digit span

7.88 (1.36)

6.48 (1.12)

 < 0.01

Panas POS

33.07 (4.32)

34.77 (3.94)

0.13

Panas NEG

23.41 (6.57)

23.62 (6.02)

0.89

VF

11.01 (2.74)

10.03 (2.53)

0.18

GDS

N/A

9.33 (3.05)

N/A

MMSE

N/A

27.95 (0.99)

N/A

  1. Forward and backward digit span from Mondini et al. [23]; Positive and negative PANAS [24]; VF, Verbal Fluency [23]; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale [26]; MMSE, Mini Mental State Exam [25]
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