Table 2 Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) for each experimental condition (congruent bilateral, incongruent emotional-emotional, incongruent neutral-emotional, unilateral) split for the visual stimuli gender (female vs male), relative to the two groups (participants with fibromyalgia vs controls) are reported about the reaction time (expressed in milliseconds) and the level of accuracy (expressed in percentage).

From: Altered recognition of fearful and angry facial expressions in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: an experimental case–control study

 

Congruent Bilateral

Incongruent emotional-emotional

Incongruent neutral-emotional

Unilateral

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Fear

Reaction time in ms

Participants with Fibromyalgia

M

413

413

428

439

455

419

435

419

SD

192

159

185

202

160

146

180

126

Controls

M

368

354

429

411

418

394

372

366

SD

117

94

124

143

132

93

87

92

Accuracy in percentage

Participants with Fibromyalgia

M

45.89

55.49

21.63

30.45

20.94

28.92

50.31

58.33

SD

19.45

19.64

20.10

19.24

23.57

16.83

19.13

19.00

Controls

M

63.52

66.51

37.57

48.58

39.51

49.83

61.98

69.32

SD

19.38

14.77

22.35

16.34

22.56

17.63

18.36

12.95

Anger

Reaction time in ms

Participants with Fibromyalgia

M

399

394

384

439

418

436

420

414

SD

128

156

142

187

141

154

138

155

Controls

M

374

386

410

423

407

430

375

405

SD

98

149

84

166

102

123

103

160

Accuracy in percentage

Participants with Fibromyalgia

M

40.40

43.16

22.29

22.29

15.21

17.43

54.03

44.44

SD

28.11

21.09

14.23

13.70

21.22

15.96

22.70

21.18

Controls

M

59.57

55.61

41.28

32.53

33.92

29.76

62.07

56.25

SD

18.76

16.78

17.12

20.85

17.34

23.02

17.15

19.59

  1. The upper part regards the emotion of fear; the lower part, the emotion of anger.