Table 2 Behavioral Performance in the Dot Probe Task. Means of individual subjects’ reaction times (top) and error rates (bottom) are shown for Controls and participants with PTSD. Trauma-related negative words (Combat) and non-trauma negative words (General) were presented in separate blocks, along with the appropriately matched set of neutral words.

From: Enhanced Attentional Bias Variability in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and its Relationship to More General Impairments in Cognitive Control

RT

Combat

General

(ms)

negative

neutral

negative

neutral

Controls

514.1 (61.7)

514.3 (59.4)

511.2 (61.1)

511.9 (60.7)

PTSD

589.7 (148.0)

589.9 (141.4)

572.4 (131.5)

577.6 (136.3)

Errors

Combat

General

(%)

negative

neutral

negative

neutral

Controls

1.88 (1.77)

1.46 (1.91)

1.38 (1.25)

1.18 (1.54)

PTSD

2.45 (2.88)

1.52 (2.30)

1.28 (1.70)

1.70 (1.69)

  1. Note: The means (standard deviations) are in milliseconds for RT (reaction time) and in percentages for error rate.
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