Table 2 Characteristics of participants across ages (18–87 years), younger adults (18–40 years), middle-aged (41–60 years), and older adults (61–87 years).

From: Resting-state functional connectivity does not predict individual differences in the effects of emotion on memory

 

All

Younger adults

Middle-aged

Older adults

N

303

85

98

120

Age

54.3 (18.1)

31.8 (5.8)

50.7 (5.8)

73.3 (7.0)

Gender (males:females)

155:148

44:41

48:50

63:57

Intelligence

0.00 (1.00)

0.73 (0.66)

0.23 (0.73)

− 0.71 (0.93)

Education level (N)

Degree

191

68

65

58

A-Levels

55

9

19

27

GCSE/O-Level

36

8

12

16

None

20

0

2

18

  1. Intelligence refers to the composite score of intelligence on the fluid intelligence test. Information about education level was missing for one participant in the older adults age group. All data are specified as mean (sd) unless otherwise specified.
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