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. 2008 Jan 23;30(1):21–29. doi: 10.1007/s11357-007-9044-x

Table 3.

Mean sub scores for FAB

  Experimental group Control group
Pre-test Post-test P-value(t-value) Pre-test Post-test P-value(t-value)
Similarities (conceptualization) 1.6 (0.9) 1.9 (0.8) 0.083 (t=1.77) 1.7 (0.8) 1.9 (0.8) 0.086 (t=1.76)
Lexical fluency (mental flexibility) 2.0 (0.7) 2.3 (0.6) 0.0048 (t=2.94) 1.9 (0.8) 2.0 (0.7) 0.44 (t=0.78)
Motor seriesz (programming) 2.6 (0.6) 2.8 (0.6) 0.11 (t=1.64) 2.7 (0.6) 2.6 (0.7) 0.72 (t=0.36)
Conflicting instructions (sensitivity to interference) 2.7 (0.7) 2.9 (0.3) 0.026 (t=2.29) 2.8 (0.6) 2.8 (0.6) 0.67 (t=0.42)
Go-No Go (inhibitory control) 1.9 (1.0) 2.0 (1.0) 0.89 (t=0.14) 1.9 (1.0) 1.8 (0.5) -0.44 (t=0.78)
Prehension behavior (environmental autonomy) 3.0 (0.2) 3.0 (0.0) 0.16 (t=1.42) 3.0 (0.1) 3.0 (0.0) 0.32 (t=0.16)

Numbers in parenthesis are S.D. Statistical analysis was done by paired t-test (two-tailed). Degree of freedom is 50 and 46 for each t-test of experimental and control groups, respectively