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Table 10.

Correlations between simple EF tasks and measures of STM, semantic processing, and complex executive function. Rev indicates an item that was reverse scored.

	STM Measures		Semantics Measure	Complex EF Measures
	Semantic STM Comp.	Phono. STM Comp.	Semantic Processing Comp.	WCST (cat.)	WCST (persev.)	TOH
Inhibition Composite (rev.)	.21	.21	.15	−.15	.53^(*)	.12
Updating Composite	.05	.58^*	.39	.77^**	−.23	−.56^*
Plus-minus (shifting, rev)	.30	.02	−.01	.12	−.09	.10
Cued shifting (shifting, rev)	.12	−.13	.33	.08	.52^(*)	.58^*

^**

Note. p < .01.

p < .05.

^(*)

p ≤ .10.