Table 1 Participants’ demographics (mean ± SD).

From: Performance after training in a complex cognitive task is enhanced by high-definition transcranial random noise stimulation

 

Sham

SD-tRNS

HD-tRNS

p-value***

N

19

21

21

NA

Gender

4 women

3 women

3 women

NA

Handedness

1 LH

1 LH

1 LH

NA

Age

\(24.0 \pm 4.6\)

\(22.7 \pm 3.1\)

\(24.1 \pm 3.4\)

0.39

Education\(^{\text {a}}\)

\(16.2 \pm 2.0\)

\(16.4 \pm 1.6\)

\(16.3 \pm 1.8\)

0.93

VGexp\(^{\text {b}}\)

\(4.8 \pm 2.4\)

\(3.8 \pm 1.5\)

\(5.0 \pm 3.0\)

0.32

  1. \(^{\text {a}}\)Education is measured on a scale from 1 to 20 (with 12 = high school degree). \(^{\text {b}}\)Video Game experience (VGexp) is measured by a questionnaire and range on a scale from 0 to 10. ***ANOVA’s were performed for Age and Education, and a Kruskal-Wallis was performed for VGexp (available in Supplementary Information). LH Left-handed