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Table 3.

Correlations^a Between BVMT-R Item Immediate Total and Standard Neuropsychological Tests of Executive Functions and Working Memory

Variable	MA− (n = 110)	MA+ (n = 114)
Stroop Color-Word Incongruence	0.40^***	0.32^**
Category Fluency (Animals)	0.29^**	0.37^***
Letter Fluency (COWAT)	0.06	0.29^**
Halstead Category Total Errors	−0.48^***	−0.43^***
PASAT 200	0.41^***	0.22^*
WAIS-III Letter-Number Sequencing	0.32^**	0.26^**
Trail Making Test Part B (time)	−0.44^***	−0.42^***
WCST-64 Perseverative Responses	−0.38^***	−0.30^**

Note.

Spearman’s rho:

^***

p < 0.0001,

^**

p < 0.01,

p < .05; COWAT = Controlled Oral Word Association Test; PASAT = Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task; WAIS-III = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (3^rd ed.); WCST-64 = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test – 64 Card Version.