Effects of theta burst stimulation on cognitive-affective processing
To analyze the effects of cTBS and iTBS compared to sham stimulation on cognitive-affective processing (operationalized as SSRT), we performed a linear regression in R Studio (R Core Team, 2022). Changes in SSRT from the pre-TMS trial to the post-TMS trial were included as outcome variables. These changes were operationalized as change scores calculated by subtracting SSRTs from the pre-TMS trial from the corresponding post-TMS SSRTs. As such, positive change scores reflect a slowing in SSRTs following stimulation and vice versa. Participants’ age and sex were included as covariates.