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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Cogn. 2009 Feb 24;70(1):145–153. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.01.005

Table 3.

Intercorrelations among Executive function tests and IQ subtests for children

EF test WCST PASAT Stop Tower Arithmetic Block Design Information Picture Completion Full IQ
Trailmaking B(residual) .29*** .09 .23*** .21*** .28*** .24*** .25*** .10 .33***
Wisconsin card sort -- .16** .13** .23*** .25*** .26*** .32*** .14* .38***
PASAT -- -- .14* .17** .23*** .24*** .16** .10 .19**
Stop RT -- -- -- .09 .13* .11* .11* .10 .17**
Tower of Hanoi -- -- -- -- .29*** .31*** .16** .17** .34***
Average .26 .23 .20 .12 .28
IQ subtest
 Arithmetic -- .47*** .52*** .24*** .66***
 Block .41*** .41*** .74***
 Information -- .29*** .69***
 Picture completion -- .58***
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EF - Executive function; WCST - Wisconsin Card Sort; PASAT - Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; RT - reaction time