Table 4:
Sigma correlations across tasks within and across domains. The correlation coefficient is presented in the bottom triangle and the corresponding 95% credible interval in the top. Processing speed tasks are highlighted in yellow, working memory tasks in orange, episodic memory tasks in green.
| Younger Adults | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS-V | PS-N | PS-F | WM-V | WM-N | WM-F | EM-V | EM-N | EM-F | |
| PS-V | 1 | 0.88:0.96 | 0.44:0.72 | −0.10:0.31 | −0.20:0.20 | 0.06:0.44 | −0.25:0.14 | −0.07:0.33 | −0.42:−0.02 |
| PS-N | 0.92* | 1 | 0.28:0.61 | −0.12:0.29 | −0.19:0.22 | 0.12:0.49 | −0.22:0.18 | −0.14:0.26 | −0.41:−0.01 |
| PS-F | 0.59* | 0.46* | 1 | −0.00:0.41 | −0.21:0.21 | −0.07:0.33 | −0.32:0.08 | −0.19:0.22 | −0.28:0.14 |
| WM-V | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 1 | −0.18:0.26 | −0.01:0.40 | 0.10:0.49 | 0.02:0.44 | −0.02:0.40 |
| WM-N | −0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1 | −0.06:0.35 | −0.30:0.12 | −0.24:0.19 | −0.10:0.33 |
| WM-F | 0.26* | 0.32* | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 1 | −0.22:0.19 | −0.01:0.39 | −0.20:0.22 |
| EM-V | −0.06 | −0.02 | −0.12 | 0.30* | −0.09 | −0.02 | 1 | 0.08:0.32 | 0.10:0.49 |
| EM-N | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.24* | −0.02 | 0.19 | 0.50* | 1 | 0.02:0.42 |
| EM-F | −0.23* | −0.21* | −0.07 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.30* | 0.23* | 1 |
| Older Adults | |||||||||
| PS-V | 1 | 0.39:0.71 | 0.28:0.63 | −0.26:0.18 | −0.08:0.34 | −0.15:0.27 | −0.16:0.27 | −0.18:0.24 | −0.20:0.23 |
| PS-N | 0.56* | 1 | 0.14:0.53 | −0.23:0.21 | −0.13:0.29 | −0.14:0.29 | −0.27:0.15 | −0.20:0.24 | −0.39:0.03 |
| PS-F | 0.47* | 0.35* | 1 | −0.22:0.23 | −0.34:0.08 | −0.19:0.23 | −0.34:0.07 | −0.20:0.23 | −0.30:0.13 |
| WM-V | −0.04 | −0.01 | 0.00 | 1 | −0.25:0.20 | −0.41:0.03 | −0.13:0.30 | −0.18:0.27 | −0.05:0.38 |
| WM-N | 0.14 | 0.09 | −0.14 | −0.03 | 1 | −0.19:0.24 | −0.19:0.23 | 0.02:0.43 | −0.08:0.34 |
| WM-F | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.02 | −0.20 | 0.03 | 1 | −0.16:0.26 | −0.22:0.21 | −0.12:0.31 |
| EM-V | 0.05 | −0.07 | −0.14 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.17:0.55 | 0.22:0.59 |
| EM-N | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.23* | −0.01 | 0.37* | 1 | −0.13:0.30 |
| EM-F | 0.01 | −0.19 | −0.09 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.42* | 0.09 | 1 |
Note: PS = processing speed, WM = working memory, EM = episodic memory, V = verbal, N = Numerical, F = Figural. An asterisk next to a correlation coefficient denotes statistical “significance” defined as when the 95% credible interval excluded zero.