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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for all investigated variables

From: Individual differences in cognitive offloading: a comparison of intention offloading, pattern copy, and short-term memory capacity

Task/measure

Mean (SD)

Range

Skewness

Kurtosis

Session 1

Session 2

Session 1

Session 2

Session 1

Session 2

Session 1

Session 2

Intention offloading task

        

Externalizing proportion

.35 (.16)

.33 (.17)

.06–.69

.01–.68

0.39

0.16

2.19

2.07

Accuracy

.81 (.10)

.86 (.09)

.57–.97

.64–.98

− 0.47

− 0.76

2.31

2.98

Pattern copy task

        

Openings model window

5.75 (1.61)

5.53 (1.68)

2.70–10.35

2.80–10.45

0.78

1.11

3.48

4.30

Duration first Opening

7.32 (4.05)

5.57 (2.77)

1.16–22.00

0.93–11.95

1.33

0.36

5.48

2.42

Copied during first opening

3.10 (0.82)

3.05 (0.76)

1.40–5.05

1.35–4.95

− 0.27

− 0.21

2.53

2.70

Trial duration

44.30 (10.88)

37.39 (7.64)

26.94–78.12

23.63–59.06

0.78

0.79

3.54

3.12

Corsi blocks task

        

Capacity

4.59 (0.58)

4.78 (0.68)

3.3–6.4

3.3–6.9

0.49

− 0.03

3.89

3.74