Table 2.
Means (SDs) for trainees and controls on objective memory measures from pre-training to 6-month follow up.
| Pre-training | Post-training | Follow up 3 months | Follow up 6 months | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHORT-TERM AND WORKING MEMORY | |||||
| Digit span forwards | Trainee | 11.21 (2.18) | 12.32 (1.83) | 12.75 (1.48) | 12.67 (1.88) |
| Control | 11.24 (1.25) | 10.76 (2.2) | 10.5 (1.56) | 10.45 (1.63) | |
| Digit span reverse | Trainee | 8.05 (2.37) | 9.11 (2.05) | 9.63 (2.28) | 9.67 (1.8) |
| Control | 7.94 (1.75) | 8.29 (2.39) | 8.29 (2.3) | 8.91 (1.87) | |
| Letter-number sequencing | Trainee | 10.53 (2.88) | 10.89 (1.94) | 12 (2.88) | 12.33 (2.5) |
| Control | 10.71 (1.8) | 10.29 (1.57) | 11.36 (2.56) | 11.55 (2.7) | |
| EPISODIC MEMORY | |||||
| Word recall immediate | Trainee | 9.84 (3.32) | 10.84 (2.97) | 11.69 (1.96) | 11.8 (2.4) |
| Control | 10.65 (2.74) | 9.35 (3.2) | 10.86 (3.48) | 10.18 (3.76) | |
| Word recall delayed | Trainee | 9.79 (3.51) | 10.53 (3.13) | 11.69 (2.3) | 11.67 (2.53) |
| Control | 10.41 (3.36) | 9.06 (3.05) | 11 (3.68) | 10.45 (3.42) | |
| Story recall immediate | Trainee | 10.42 (3.02) | 12.87 (2.66) | 11.56 (2.84) | 12.57 (2.89) |
| Control | 9.62 (3.69) | 11.41 (2.68) | 11.25 (3.51) | 12.91 (2.96) | |
| Story recall delayed | Trainee | 8.66 (2.37) | 10.68 (3.04) | 10.56 (2.53) | 12.04 (2.87) |
| Control | 8.15 (3.28) | 9.29 (3.18) | 9.68 (3.91) | 11.36 (3.85) | |