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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2007 Aug 19;88(3):222–229. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.08.003

Table 3.

Summary of other neuropsychological test results (CRA = Compound Remote Associates, COWA = Controlled Oral Word Association, CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test, RCF = Rey Complex Figure, RPM = Ravens Progressive Matrices, WCST = Wisconsin Card Sort Test)

Index n Prop 40 mg mean ± std dev Placebo mean ± std dev t = Significance p =
CRA Total sum of solution times 72 162.29 ± 18.50 163.08 ± 17.25 0.37 0.72
CRA Number solved correctly 72 13.79 ± 3.99 12.94 ± 3.52 1.57 0.12
CRA Difficult sum of solution times 72 29.21 ± 4.84 30.54 ± 4.12 1.87 0.065
CRA Simple sum of solution times 72 21.22 ± 5.88 21.31 ± 6.00 0.08 0.93
CRA High latency sum of solution times 24 170.13 ± 15.89 181.33 ± 8.67 3.88 < 0.001*
CRA Medium latency sum of solution times 24 162.29 ± 15.19 163.27 ± 3.41 0.32 0.75
CRA Low latency sum of solution times 24 154.44 ± 21.08 144.34 ± 10.68 2.51 0.02*
COWA total words by letter 72 48.43 ± 9.61 44.84 ± 10.4 3.73 0.0004*
COWA total words by category 72 54.1 ± 8.7 53.4 ± 9.0 0.72 0.47
Digit span - total recall forward 72 12.81 ± 2.01 12.24 ± 2.42 2.62 0.011*
Digit span - total recall backward 72 9.63 ± 2.61 8.97 ± 2.77 2.81 0.006*
CVLT words on free recall trial 1 72 7.24 ± 1.93 7.39 ± 2.09 0.57 0.57
RCF 30 minute recall score 72 25.62 ± 5.21 25.48 ± 6.18 0.19 0.85
RPM number correct 72 17.2 ± 1.99 17.2 ± 1.87 0.002 0.998
WCST percent of total errors 24 22.02 ± 9.98 18.74 ± 7.12 1.33 0.20
WCST total number of perseverative errors 24 9.08 ± 6.86 7.71 ± 5.50 0.77 0.45
*

= significant results, p < 0.05

= between subject comparison