Table 1 Behavioural performance (means and standard deviations) in the one-back visual working memory and odd-one-out tasks: data are split by condition and by APOE group.

From: APOE-ε4 selectively modulates posteromedial cortex activity during scene perception and short-term memory in young healthy adults

 

APOE-ε4 carriers

Non-carriers

Task A : Visual working memory task

n = 15

n = 15

Mean hit minus FA rate (S.D.)

 Scenes

0.75 (0.12)

0.61 (0.21)

 Faces

0.55 (0.19)

0.52 (0.22)

 Objects

0.78 (0.12)

0.70 (0.23)

 Scrambled objects

0.57 (0.23)

0.56 (0.19)

Task B : Odd-one-out task

n = 13

n = 12

Mean proportion correct (S.D.)

 Scenes

0.85 (0.06)

0.86 (0.07)

 Faces

0.89 (0.08)

0.88 (0.07)

 Objects

0.87 (0.05)

0.83 (0.08)

 Squared blocks

0.82 (0.12)

0.86 (0.13)

Mean reaction time (S.D., ms)

 Scenes

2629 (586)

2809 (321)

 Faces

2505 (424)

2582 (249)

 Objects

2648 (447)

2635 (275)

 Squared blocks

1944 (407)

2163 (312)

  1. There were no significant differences, on any measure, between the APOE-ε4 carrier and APOE-ε4 non-carrier groups.