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Table 2 ANOVA results (F and p values) for peak amplitude and peak latency of the five ERP components for the deviant stimuli in the Attend conditions

From: Electrophysiological correlates of selective attention: A lifespan comparison

Components

Effects

 

Age (df = 3,107)

Age × Antero-Posterior (df = 6,412)

Age × Laterality (df = 12,428)

Age × Antero-Posterior × Laterality (df = 24,856)

Peak Amplitude

    

N1

1.1 (n.s.)

3.4 (p = 0.01)

29.6 (p < 0.0001)

2.1 (p = 0.005)

P2

12.8 (p < 0.0001)

19.7 (p < 0.0001)

3.9 (p < 0.0001)

5.3 (p < 0.0001)

N2

26.8 (p < 0.0001)

29.5 (p < 0.0001)

4.1 (p < 0.0001)

3.0 (p < 0.0001)

P3

2.9 (p = 0.04)

11.5 (p < 0.0001)

2.6 (p = 0.01)

2.0 (p = 0.009)

N3

3.6 (p = 0.02)

1.8 (n.s.)

2.9 (p = 0.004)

3.8 (p < 0.0001)

Peak Latency

    

N1

0.6 (n.s.)

7.2 (p < 0.0001)

1.1 (n.s.)

1.2 (n.s.)

P2

0.8 (n.s.)

5.8 (p < 0.0001)

1.8 (n.s.)

1.4 (n.s.)

N2

1.7 (n.s.)

1.0 (n.s.)

1.4 (n.s.)

0.9 (n.s.)

P3

4.0 (p = 0.01)

1.2 (n.s.)

2.2 (p = 0.022)

1.6 (p = 0.05)

N3

2.9 (p = 0.04)

0.5 (n.s.)

2.3 (p = 0.018)

2.1 (p = 0.003)

  1. n.s. = not significant