Table 1 Learning Model Results (Sessions 2 to 4).

From: Transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation enhances second-language vocabulary acquisition while simultaneously mitigating fatigue and promoting focus

Model

Fixed effects

Estimate

SE

z-value

p-value

Mandarin recall

(Intercept)

 − 0.544

0.226

 − 2.406

0.016*

 

Baseline recall score

9.046

0.653

13.843

 < 0.001*

 

Session

1.520

0.099

15.295

 < 0.001*

 

Treatment

 − 0.116

0.226

 − 0.514

0.607

 

Session × treatment

 − 0.089

0.124

 − 0.716

0.474

Arabic recall

(Intercept)

 − 1.822

0.252

 − 7.226

 < 0.001*

 

Baseline recall score

14.509

1.052

13.798

 < 0.001*

 

Session

1.312

0.083

15.875

 < 0.001*

 

Treatment

0.532

0.238

2.234

0.025*

 

Session × treatment

 − 0.116

0.096

 − 1.202

0.229

Mandarin recognition RT

(Intercept)

7.306

0.060

121.370

 < 0.001*

Session

 − 0.101

0.018

 − 5.503

 < 0.001*

 

Treatment

0.013

0.082

0.163

0.871

 

Session × treatment

 − 0.028

0.026

 − 1.075

0.282

Arabic recognition RT

(Intercept)

7.355

0.052

141.366

 < 0.001*

Session

 − 0.106

0.013

 − 8.134

 < 0.001*

 

Treatment

 − 0.042

0.071

 − 0.597

0.551

 

Session × treatment

0.014

0.018

0.783

0.434

  1. Estimates refers to unstandardized regression weights.
  2. Final random effects (all models): (Session | Participant) + (Session + Treatment | Item).
  3. n obs = 12300, n items = 100, n participants = 41 for Mandarin Recall model.
  4. n obs = 10800, n items = 100, n participants = 36 for Arabic Recall model.
  5. n obs = 11021, n items = 100, n participants = 40 for Mandarin Recognition RT model.
  6. n obs = 9232, n items = 100, n participants = 36 for Arabic Recognition RT model.