Table 1 Participant demographics by parental status.

From: Duration of motherhood has incremental effects on mothers’ neural processing of infant vocal cues: a neuroimaging study of women

Measure

Mothers (n = 29) Mean (SD)

Non-mothers (n = 29) Mean (SD)

Statistics (independent samples t-test)

Age

29.41 (3.37)

26.45 (2.37)

p < 0.0001

Beck Depression Inventory

4.28 (3.58)

3.36 (2.97)

p = 0.28

State Anxiety

26.65 (6.27)

28.38 (5.63)

p = 0.27

Trait Anxiety

30.00 (8.23)

32.59 (6.89)

p = 0.20

Empathy Quotient Scores

53.24 (9.56)

50.62 (7.44)

p = 0.63

Years of Music Training

2.59 (4.30) (n = 11)

3.36 (4.82) (n = 14)

p = 0.43

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