Table 1 Marginal (simple main effect) means, standard deviations and significant pairwise comparisons for choice behaviour in E1 and E2.

From: Entrainment of theta, not alpha, oscillations is predictive of the brightness enhancement of a flickering stimulus

Experiment 1

Left Freq

Marginal Means ± STD Deviation

M0

M4.4

M9.2

M13.3

M17.1

0.54 ± 0.16

0.28 ± 0.15

0.46 ± 0.17

0.65 ± 0.15

0.66 ± 0.12

Pairwise Comparisons

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4– Hz) = −0.26; t(28) = −4.01; p = 0.003

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–9. Hz) = −0.18; t(28) = −6.41; p = 5.8e–06

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–13. Hz) = −0.38; t(28) = −8.97; p = 1.95e–08

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–17. Hz) = −0.38; t(28) = −7.08; p = 1.01e–06

\(\bar{d}\)(9.2–13. Hz) = −0.19; t(28) = −7.52; p = 3.4e–07

\(\bar{d}\)(9.2–17. Hz) = −0.20; t(28) = −4.35; p = 0.001

\(\bar{d}\)(0–17. Hz) = −0.12; t(28) = −5.32; p = 1.05e–04

\(\bar{d}\)(0–9. Hz) = 0.081; t(28) = 1.34; p = 0.67

\(\bar{d}\)(13.3–17. Hz) = −0.0086; t(28) = −0.33; p = 0.99

\(\bar{d}\)(0–13. Hz) = −0.11; t(28) = −2.55; p = 0.11

Right Freq

Marginal Means ± STD Deviation

M0

M4.4

M9.2

M13.3

M17.1

0.50 ± 0.17

0.75 ± 0.13

0.56 ± 0.18

0.38 ± 0.17

0.40 ± 0.15

Pairwise Comparisons

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4– Hz) = 0.26; t(28) = 4.71; p = 5.45e–04

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–9. Hz) = 0.20; t(28) = 7.56; p = 3.08e–07

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–13. Hz) = 0.37; t(28) = 8.76; p = 2.58e–08

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–17. Hz) = 0.35; t(28) = 7.15; p = 8.48e–07

\(\bar{d}\)(9.2–13. Hz) = 0.17; t(28) = 6.34; p = 6.95e–06

\(\bar{d}\)(9.2–17. Hz) = 0.15; t(28) = 3.88; p = 0.004

\(\bar{d}\)(0–17. Hz) = 0.092; t(28) = 4.26; p = 0.002

\(\bar{d}\)(0–9. Hz) = −0.060; t(28) = −1.23; p = 0.73

\(\bar{d}\)(13.3–17. Hz) = −0.022; t(28) = −1.09; p = 0.81

\(\bar{d}\)(0–13. Hz) = 0.11; t(28) = 3.20; p = 0.026

Experiment 2

Left Freq

Marginal Means ± STD Deviation

M4.4

M9.2

M13.3

0.33 ± 0.23

0.61 ± 0.23

0.69 ± 0.17

Pairwise Comparisons

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–9.2 Hz) = −0.28; t(22) = −11.01; p = 1.59e–09

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–13. Hz) = −0.36; t(22) = −9.16; p = 1.80e–08

\(\bar{d}\)(9.2–13. Hz) = −0.082; t(22) = −2.19; p = 0.095

Right Freq

Marginal Means ± STD Deviation

M4.4

M9.2

M13.3

0.78 ± 0.16

0.47 ± 0.22

0.38 ± 0.19

Pairwise Comparisons

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–9. Hz) = 0.30; t(22) = 9.81; p = 5.98e–09

\(\bar{d}\)(4.4–13.3 Hz) = 0.40; t(22) = 8.07; p = 1.51e–07

\(\bar{d}\)(9.2–13. Hz) = 0.095; t(22) = 2.21; p = 0.092

  1. Pairwise comparisons are reported with mean differences (specified by subscript), t statistics, and the corresponding p value. Reported are all significant pairwise comparisons as well as pairwise comparisons that did not achieve significance but were discussed in the text.
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