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. 2012 Mar 26;6:41. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00041

Table 4.

Performance on main dependent accuracy measures (in %) in transfer tasks in the training groups (combined and cognitive training only) and control groups (exercise only and no-contact).

Training groups Combined training
Cognitive training
Pretraining Posttraining Pretraining Posttraining
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Switching tasks
  Food/size MC (error) 3.9 (4.2) 4.5 (5.7) 3.0 (5.2) 5.1 (8.6)
  Food/size SC (error) 3.0 (5.1) 3.1 (7.1) 4.7 (4.6) 4.7 (7.4)
  Number MC (error) 0.8 (11.3) 4.4 (8.9) 2.1 (6.5) 2.3 (6.4)
  Number SC (error) 2.6 (5.7) 6.5 (8.7) 5.0 (9.4) 4.7 (9.2)
Updating tasks
  2-back accuracy (hits) 69.0 (11.2) 72.8 (16.2) 70.5 (11.1) 71.5 (12.4)
  Keep track accuracy 59.8 (13.3) 63.8 (17.0) 62.5 (16.4) 67.4 (15.7)
Inhibition tasks
  Flanker accuracy 91.3 (10.8) 93.7 (4.4) 91.6 (6.1) 90.6 (7.2)
  Stroop accuracy 99.3 (1.1) 99.8 (0.7) 99.4 (0.8) 99.7 (0.7)
Speed tasks
  Choice reaction accuracy 94.5 (4.5) 93.8 (4.3) 92.2 (5.8) 91.7 (7.7)

Control groups Exercise only No-contact

Switching tasks
  Food/size MC (error) 1.6 (5.0) 1.3 (4.8) 1.5 (4.4) 2.6 (4.5)
  Food/size SC (error) 4.6 (3.9) 1.9 (6.9) 3.4 (4.6) 3.4 (5.5)
  Number MC (error) 2.6 (4.8) 3.8 (7.7) 2.9 (5.9) −0.4 (10.8)
  Number SC (error) 1.2 (6.5) 3.1 (7.6) 4.3 (7.5) 5.4 (6.1)
Updating tasks
  2-back accuracy (hits) 66.2 (13.5) 69.7 (15.9) 67.0 (17.2) 71.8 (15.4)
  Keep track accuracy 62.2 (12.2) 63.6 (15.5) 63.1 (10.7) 64.2 (16.)
Inhibition tasks
  Flanker accuracy 89.4 (18.0) 93.7 (4.6) 93.6 (3.7) 92.2 (5.5)
  Stroop accuracy 99.4 (0.7) 99.6 (0.8) 99.4 (1.0) 99.7 (0.6)
Speed tasks
  Choice reaction accuracy 95.4 (2.9) 95.8 (3.4) 94.9 (2.6) 95.0 (3.2)

MC, mixing costs; SC, switching costs.