Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 4 Changes in Simon task outcomes across study parts (all materials combined)—results of Wilcoxon signed rank test
From: Effect of desk materials on affective states and cognitive performance
Simon task | Change period | V | Pseudomedian | 95% Cl | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of correct answers | Start–Pre | 5931 | 0.010 | 0.005 to 0.015 | < 0.001*** |
Post–Pre | 5034 | 0.005 | − 0.000 to 0.010 | 0.141 | |
Post–Start | 3872 | − 0.005 | − 0.010 to − 0.000 | 0.107 | |
Mean response time on correct answers (ms) | Start–Pre | 6187 | − 0.785 | − 4.435 to 2.785 | 1 |
Post–Pre | 6619 | 0.667 | − 3.140 to 4.470 | 1 | |
Post–Start | 7126 | 1.985 | − 1.355 to 5.305 | 0.730 | |
Simon effect (ms) | Start–Pre | 5852 | − 2.085 | − 6.190 to 2.055 | 0.951 |
Post–Pre | 7143 | 2.965 | − 1.975 to 7.980 | 0.693 | |
Post–Start | 7123 | 2.810 | − 1.805 to 7.735 | 0.736 |