Table 1. Latent Factor Scores and Univariate Measures of Tests of Vocabulary, Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Inhibition for the two Groups of Young and Older Adults.
Young Adults | Older Adults | F (1,195) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Vocabulary | < − 0.01 |
4.84 | 9.66 | 6.99 | |
Years of Education | 16.2 | 0.7 | 17.1 | 2.9 | 1.89 |
North American Reading Test | 31.0 | 5.3 | 36.3 | 7.4 | 33.29** |
Shipley Vocabulary | 31.8 | 3.2 | 34.9 | 3.4 | 46.78** |
Working Memory | < − 0.01 |
4.98 | −12.88 | 4.13 | |
Digits Forward | 9.3 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 4.31* |
Digits Backward | 7.7 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 7.68* |
Reading Span | 3.5 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.43** |
Operation Span | 4.0 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 73.45** |
Processing Speed | 0.0 | 0.61 | −1.99 | 0.72 | |
Digit Symbol | 35.1 | 4.7 | 24.4 | 5.2 | 229.16** |
Stroop Xs | 89.1 | 14.2 | 69.8 | 13.9 | 92.76** |
Trail Making A | 45.7 | 10.0 | 78.4 | 28.5 | 108.39** |
Inhibition | −0.18 | 0.13 | −0.38 | 0.21 | |
Stroop words | 66.5 | 12.8 | 39.3 | 11.8 | 43.28** |
Stroop Interference % | − 25.5 |
0.10 | −42.1 | .15 | 83.89** |
Trail Making B | 51.8 | 12.9 | 104.3 | 24.8 | 18.46** |
Trail Making Interference % | −10.4 | 2.7 | −38.2 | 3.8 | 23.41** |
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