. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Psychophysiol. 2008 Sep 13;72(1):24–33. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.03.011

Table 2.

Demographic Variables: Means (and Standard Deviations) or Percentages by Lesion Group

Variable	NC (n=20)	VMPFC (n=10)	RSS (n=15)
Age	49.9 (11.5)	55.3 (9.6)	54.3 (16.1)
Sex	45% M, 55% F	50% M, 50% F	46.7% M, 53.3% F
Race	90% W, 10% AA	100% W	100% W
Handedness	100% RH	88.9% RH	93.3% RH
Education (years)	15.7 (3.0)	13.2 (2.5)	13.7 (2.3)
Years since lesion onset	N/A	11.2 (8.7)	6.3 (7.3)
Hearing threshold (decibels)	23.8 (11.3)	26.7 (7.2)	28.5 (10.6)
BDI-II score	4.4 (3.6)	5.4 (6.1)	8.6 (5.1)
% who participated in formal musical organizations	HS: 40%	HS: 30%	HS: 60%
	CL: 0%	CL: 0%	CL: 7%
	CM: 25%	CM: 30%	CM: 47%

Note. NC: Normal comparison, VMPFC: ventromedial prefrontal cortex, RSS: right somatosensory cortex. M: Male, F: Female, W: White, AA: African American, RH: Right handed, LH: left handed, BDI: Beck Depression Inventory-II, HS: during high school, CL: during college, CM: in the community.