From: Mental imagery-induced attention modulates pain perception and cortical excitability
VAS for anxiety | |||
 |  | Baseline/pre intervention | Post intervention |
 | Mental imagery group | 1.32 ± 1.20 | 0.96 ± 1.25 |
 | Control group | 0.8 ± 0.94 | 0.43 ± 0.62 |
 | Two-tailed unpaired t-test comparing values between groups | P = 0.20 | P = 0.13 |
Motor function as indexed by the Purdue pegboard test | |||
 | Left hand |  |  |
 |  | Baseline/pre intervention | Post intervention |
 | Mental imagery group | 11.9 ± 2.5 | 12.24 ± 2.26 |
 | Control group | 11.98 ± 2.45 | 12.02 ± 2.51 |
 | Two-tailed unpaired t-test comparing values between groups | P = 0.98 | P = 0.79 |
 | Right hand |  |  |
 |  | Baseline/pre intervention | Post intervention |
 | Mental imagery group | 12.74 ± 2.49 | 13.33 ± 2.48 |
 | Control group | 12.89 ± 2.44 | 13.27 ± 2.50 |
 | Two-tailed unpaired t-test comparing values between groups | P = 0.87 | P = 0.95 |