Table 3 Descriptive statistics in women and men participants (1) for the RST-PQ, ECQ, STAI-Y1; (2) for numerical pain and unpleasantness scores: (i) of the Self in the Control (SC-NPS, and SC-NUS), Placebo (SP-NPS, and SP-NUS) treatments and Control minus Placebo difference scores (S_NPDS and S_NUDS); (j) of the Other in the Control (OC-NPS, and OC-NUS), Placebo (OP-NPS, and OP-NUS) treatments and Control minus Placebo difference scores (O_NPDS and O_NUDS).

From: The influence of EEG oscillations, heart rate variability changes, and personality on self-pain and empathy for pain under placebo analgesia

Variable

Women (N = 32)

Men (N = 30)

Gender

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Min

Max

t(60)

p(FDR)

BAS-TOT

94.1

12.9

71

125

89.3

11.1

67

113

1.58

0.421

BAS-GDP

21.9

3.9

12

28

21.4

2.9

16

28

0.58

0.736

BAS-RI

20.6

4.6

11

28

20.2

4.1

12

28

0.3

0.831

BAS-RR

31.0

4.9

19

39

29.3

4.5

20

39

1.42

0.421

BAS-I

20.7

5.1

3

32

18.4

4.3

10

25

1.94

0.368

BIS

61.3

12.6

42

85

53.5

11.8

29

80

2.52

0.183

FFFS

28.9

4.2

23

37

22.9

6.4

12

37

4.42

0.003

CE

36.3

3.6

27

42

36.6

4.5

24

44

− 0.34

0.831

AE

49.6

9.1

32

64

47.3

7.7

24

60

1.1

0.471

ED

30.2

3.2

23

36

29.0

3.4

20

36

1.4

0.421

TEA

37.5

5.3

28

56

35.8

3.6

29

44

1.47

0.421

CTE

87.4

14.0

29

106

83.0

12.7

36

103

1.31

0.421

STAI-Y1 (C)

36.8

9.8

22

57

33.9

9.3

20

67

1.21

0.461

STAI-Y1 (P)

36.7

11.3

22

72

33.6

10.0

20

59

1.15

0.471

SC-NPS

5.41

1.11

1.54

6.71

5.00

1.23

1.21

6.75

1.37

0.421

SP-NPS

4.99

1.02

2.63

6.79

4.32

1.20

1.46

6.25

2.37

0.042

S_NPDS

0.42

0.96

− 3.09

2.04

0.68

0.99

− 0.83

3.29

− 1.07

0.471

SC-NUS

5.15

1.25

1.21

6.75

4.65

1.47

1.04

6.67

1.46

0.421

SP-NUS

4.74

1.16

2.25

6.29

4.29

1.47

1.00

6.42

1.36

0.421

S_NUDS

0.41

1.22

− 3.12

2.30

0.36

0.72

− 1.17

1.62

0.19

0.880

OC-NPS

4.97

1.06

2.33

6.50

4.83

1.20

2.08

6.50

0.49

0.736

OP-NPS

4.88

1.21

2.25

6.50

4.88

1.29

1.17

6.54

0.00

0.997

O_NPDS

0.09

1.06

− 2.71

2.46

− 0.05

1.04

− 4.05

1.84

0.54

0.736

OC-NUS

4.97

1.18

2.08

6.50

4.80

1.46

1.00

6.83

0.8

0.657

OP-NUS

4.63

1.25

1.83

6.83

4.46

1.33

2.25

6.50

0.51

0.736

O_NUDS

0.34

0.68

− 0.79

2.09

0.34

0.64

− 1.25

1.46

0.6

0.736

  1. Last two columns: T-test values (Women vs Men) and FDR-corrected p values.
  2. M Mean, SD Standard Deviation, Min Minimum, Max Maximum, RST-PQ Reinforcement Sensistivity Theory-Personality Questionnaire, BAS-TOT Behavioral Approach System, BAS-GDP Goal-Drive Persistence, BAS-RI Reward Interest, BAS-RR Reward Reactivity, BAS-I Impulsivity, BIS Behavioural Inhibition System, FFFS Fight-Flight-Freeze System, C State Anxiety in the pain control STAI-Y1, P placebo STAI-Y1 treatments, ECQ Empathy Components Questionnaire, CE Cognitive Empathy, AE Affective Empathy, ED Empathic Drive, TEA Total Empathic Ability, CTE Cumulative Total Empathy.
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