Table 3 The ex-Gaussian parameters for the Combat blocks and the General blocks in controls and participants with PTSD.

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

Condition

Controls Mean (SD)

PTSD Mean (SD)

Combat mu

440.6 (43.7)

477.7 (95.0)

General mu

441.4 (45.2)

476.9 (97.2)

Combat sigma

41.1 (13.0)

58.8 (30.2)**

General sigma

43.7 (16.2)

57.1 (31.0)*

Combat tau

71.2 (30.4)

112.6 (73.5)**

General tau

67.9 (28.8)

98.4 (62.5)*

  1. Note: The means (standard deviations) are in milliseconds. The parameters are mu (μ = mean of normal distribution), sigma (σ = SD of normal distribution), and tau (τ = mean and SD of the exponential tail). *p ≤ 0.05; **p < 0.01 (Welch’s t-tests for independent samples).
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