Table 5.

Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix between the interpreting tasks and the indicators of the three executive functions.

	Mean	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. J-C comprehension score	62.12	14.57	1.00
2. C-J comprehension score	79.43	12.23	0.22	1.00
3. J-C output score	70.64	7.81	0.50***	0.19	1.00
4. C-J output score	68.98	7.06	0.22	0.37**	0.55***	1.00
5. Shifting	118.22	100.07	−0.24†	−0.17	−0.53***	−0.42**	1.00
6. Updating	567.64	66.97	−0.06	−0.19	−0.45**	−0.54***	0.34*	1.00
7. Inhibition	155.18	158.15	−0.34*	−0.26†	−0.67***	−0.43**	0.47***	0.24†	1.00

^†p < 0.10, ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001. J-C, Japanese-to-Chinese consecutive interpreting. C-J, Chinese-to-Japanese consecutive interpreting.