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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychology. 2007 May;21(3):301–312. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.3.301

Table 2. Mean IQ and PW Task Performance for High- and Low-Anxious Psychopathic and Nonpsychopathic Participants.

Low-anxious subjects High-anxious subjects


Nonpsychopathic
(n = 41)
Psychopathic
(n = 20)
Nonpsychopathic
(n = 29)
Psychopathic
(n = 33)




Variable M SD M SD M SD M SD
IQ 102.05 10.20 97.92 5.61 96.86 8.34 95.77 10.10
Errors 146.26 6.71 143.55 6.44 138.93 9.49 141.39 8.61
Average interference 46.77 73.92 2.78 58.52 33.52 94.51 37.01 63.04
Interference for picture trials 67.00 104.50 −14.75 75.28 65.22 154.08 82.47 96.45
Interference for word trials 26.54 97.22 20.32 73.46 1.82 117.74 −8.45 109.24

Note. IQ = Shipley Institutes of Living Scale estimated Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised intelligence score; PW = picture-word.