Example Overview¶
Task¶
Participants were instructed to:
Multiply first 3 numbers (in white) in head
Look at the answer (in blue) until it turned green
Decide if the answer is correct/incorrect when the number turns green
Indicate how certain they were
Study¶
156 items per half in three conditions
Correct Product
Incorrect Product: not related to the problem in any way
Related Product: created by adding 1 two or 3 to one of the operands.
All math problems used operands 1-9, and did not require knowledge of times tables past 9x9
In between the two halves, a questionnaire was given to try to induce a stereotype threat through making the participants think about how much anxiety math gives them.
Neuropsych tests were given after the EEG data were collected
Event codes¶
5 digit event code for the product stimuli
Digit 1:
0 - operand
1 - product
2 - question
Digit 2:
1-3 - No stereotype threat
4-6 - Stereotype threat
1,4 - Correct Product
2,5 - Related Product
3,6 - Incorrect Product
Digits 3-5:
Item number