Table 2.
Measures Used to Calculate Aggregated Effect Sizes
| Study | PBD (n) | Aggregated measures |
|---|---|---|
| Attention | ||
| DelBello et al. (2004) | 10 10 |
CPT 0% degradation: discrimination, % correct, false positives |
| Doyle et al. (2005) | 57 | Digit Symbol, Symbol Search, CPT vigilance |
| Henin et al. (2007) | 73 | Digit Symbol, Symbol Search, CPT vigilance |
| Pavuluri et al. (2006) | 28 28 |
TMT Part A: Time and Penn CPT true positives and false positives |
| Rucklidge et al. (2006) | 12 12 |
CPT omissions, RAN variables, and PSI |
| Working Memory | ||
| Bearden et al. (2007) | 33 | Digits Forward and Digits Backward |
| Dickstein et al. (2004) | 21 | Spatial Span total errors, span length, total usage errors and Spatial Working Memory strategy and total errors |
| Doyle et al. (2005) | 57 | Digit Span and Arithmetic |
| Henin et al. (2007) | 73 | Digit Span and Arithmetic |
| Pavuluri et al. (2006) | 28 28 |
WMS-III Digit Span raw score and Spatial Span raw score |
| Rucklidge et al. (2006) | 12 12 |
Digit Span and Arithmetic |
| Executive Function | ||
| Dickstein et al. (2004) | 21 | Intra-Extradimentional Shift variables and Stockings of Cambridge variables |
| Doyle et al. (2005) | 57 | WCST categories, perseverative errors, non-perseverative errors, and failure to maintain set and Stroop color-word and interference |
| Henin et al. (2007) | 73 | WCST categories, perseverative errors, non-perseverative errors, and failure to maintain set and Stroop color-word and interference |
| McClure et al. (2005) | 35 | CPT A-X response bias, discriminability, CPT flanker reaction time cost, Identical pairs CPT response bias, Stop Signal Test reaction time and change reaction time |
| Pavuluri et al. (2006) | 28 28 |
Set Shifting total errors, Penn Conditional Exclusion Test total errors, Trail Making Test Part B: time, Controlled Oral Word Association Test: raw score |
| Rucklidge et al. (2006) | 12 12 |
Stroop color-word and interference; Color Trails variables; WCST categories, perseverative errors and conceptual level responses; CPT commissions, task response variability and confidence index |
| Voelbel et al. (2006) | 12 | Category Test, TMT-Part B/PFT, Stroop Color Word correct, WCST-Categories, WCST-Perseverative errors |
| Verbal Fluency | ||
| Bearden et al. (2007) | 33 | FAS, animals and boys' names, and switching |
| Voelbel et al. (2006) | 12 | Phonemic and semantic fluency measures Verbal Memory |
| Glahn et al. (2005) | 21 | CVLT all learning trials averaged |
| McClure et al. (2005) | 35 | CVLT and TOMAL |
| Pavuluri et al. (2006) | 28 28 |
CVLT-C trials 1–5, short delay, long delay |
| Rucklidge et al. (2006) | 12 12 |
WRAML story memory and verbal learning |
| Visual Memory | ||
| Dickstein et al. (2004) | 21 | Spatial and Pattern Recognition Memory mean correct latency and percent correct |
| McClure et al. (2005) | 35 | Rey-Osterreith delayed memory, TOMAL, and face memory |
| Pavuluri et al. (2006) | 28 28 |
Penn face memory task, facial recognition task, immediate and delayed facial recognition total scores |
| Rucklidge et al. (2006) | 12 12 |
WRAML Visual Memory Index |
| Motor Speed | ||
| Pavuluri et al. (2006) | 28 28 |
Finger tapping right and left hand total taps |
| Visual-Perceptual Skills | ||
| Doyle et al. (2005) | 57 | Rey-Osterreith copy and delay organization |
| Henin et al. (2007) | 73 | Rey-Osterreith copy and delay organization |
CPT = Continuous Performance Task; CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test; PFT = Progressive Figures Test; PSI = Processing Speed Index (Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children); RAN = Rapid Automatized Naming; TMT-B = Trail Making Test B; TOMAL = Test of Memory and Learning; WCST = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; WRAML = Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning.