Table 3 Pairwise comparisons between authentic and acted vocalisations in terms of ERP amplitudes (N100, P200, and LPC), separately for laughter and crying.

From: The neural basis of authenticity recognition in laughter and crying

 

Pairwise comparisons of ERP amplitudes

Vocalization

Comparison

Mean difference (Auth-Act)

SD

SE

t(df)

p-value

Cohen’s d

N100

Laughter

Auth > Act

 + 0.10

0.61

0.11

 − 0.92

0.364

 − 0.16

Crying

Auth > Act

 +0.27

0.56

0.10

 − 2.67

0.012*

 − 0.47

P200

Laughter

Auth < Act

 − 0.51

1.28

0.23

 − 2.24

0.03*

 − 0.40

Crying

Auth < Act

 − 0.23

0.77

0.14

 − 1.68

0.103

 − 0.30

LPC

Laughter

Auth < Act

 − 0.43

2.06

0.36

 − 1.19

0.244

 − 0.21

Crying

Auth < Act

 − 0.27

1.56

0.28

 − 0.97

0.341

 − 0.17

  1. Statistically significant effects (Bonferroni-corrected p < 0.05) are signalled with a bold font and an asterisk.