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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Neuropsychiatry. 2012 Sep 21;18(1-2):44–82. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2012.676309

Table 2. Average Effect Sizes Characterizing Group Differences Between Family High Risk Participants and Controls.

A negative value denotes poorer performance in the FHR group.

Cognitive Domain # of studies Average ES
Full Scale IQ: General Cognitive Ability 13 −0.777
Attention
    Digit symbol 7 −0.546
    d2 concentration (cancellations) 3 −0.528
    Trail making B 5 −0.498
    Trail making A 5 −0.465
    Arithmetic 4 −0.343
    Stroop interference score 4 −0.303
    Continuous Performance Test (CPT) – Identical Pairs (IP)- numbers d’ 4 −0.282
    Digit span forward 5 −0.279
    Digit span total or scale score 7 −0.266
    Continuous Performance Test (CPT) – Identical Pairs (IP)- shapes d’ 4 −0.262
    Digit span backward 5 −0.208
Executive Function
    Picture arrangement 3 −0.524
    WCST perseverative errors/responses 3 −0.500
    WCST total errors 4 −0.339
    WCST completed categories 4 −0.282
Verbal/linguistic
    Vocabulary 5 −0.749
    NART & WRAT Single Word Reading 3 −0.698
    Verbal IQ score 5 −0.600
    Comprehension 5 −0.412
    Letter fluency 5 −0.377
    Similarities 3 −0.371
    Information 5 −0.344
    Total verbal fluency 3 −0.168
Visual spatial ability
    Performance IQ 5 −0.652
    Block design 6 −0.472
Verbal Declarative memory
    Rey Auditory Verbal Learning (RAVLT) Delayed Recall 3 −0.636
    RAVLT Trials 1–5 sum 3 −0.584
    Logical Memory (Wechsler Memory Scales) Story recall 3 −0.403