Table 4.
Means (SE) for all test that measure attention, executive function, and motor ability.
| Measures | Experimental group | Control group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-test | Post-test | Pre-test | Post-test | |
| Finger tapping (right hand) | 33.16 (2.33) | 37.43 (1.60) | 31.70 (1.82) | 36.59 (1.58) |
| Finger tapping (left hand) | 31.05 (1.46) | 34.82 (1.32) | 31.05 (1.30) | 34.33 (1.05) |
| Grooved pegboard (right hand) | 76.61 (2.38) | 73.62 (2.82) | 72.78 (3.16) | 73.75 (2.82) |
| Grooved pegboard (left hand) | 82.29 (3.97) | 82.77 (3.11) | 78.00 (3.89) | 83.19 (3.49) |
| Cubes | 31.53 (2.22) | 33.84 (2.01) | 32.81 (2.62) | 33.13 (2.53) |
| Digits span forward | 8.77 (0.59) | 7.92 (0.57) | 7.25 (0.41) | 7.12 (0.36) |
| Digits amplitude forward | 5.77 (0.28) | 5.38 (0.35) | 5.13 (0.24) | 5.13 (0.24) |
| Digits span backwards | 6.00 (0.36) | 5.92 (0.50) | 4.63 (0.41) | 4.69 (0.46) |
| Digits amplitude backwards | 4.46 (0.22) | 4.46 (0.24) | 3.81 (0.26) | 3.81 (0.26) |
| Corsi span forward | 6.77 (0.41) | 6.92 (0.49) | 5.94 (0.35) | 6.75 (0.31) |
| Corsi amplitude forward | 5.00 (0.25) | 5.07 (0.31) | 4.56 (0.26) | 4.75 (0.27) |
| Corsi span backwards | 6.38 (0.40) | 6.38 (0.37) | 6.06 (0.32) | 6.13 (0.35) |
| Corsi amplitude backwards | 4.69 (0.29) | 4.54 (0.22) | 4.50 (0.22) | 4.50 (0.22) |
| TMT part A | 46.33 (4.38) | 39.83 (4.02) | 40.44 (2.52) | 39.81 (2.28) |
| TMT part B | 98.23 (16.85) | 90.38 (8.07) | 90.06 (12.65) | 109.50 (15.22) |
| SDMT | 42.15 (3.45) | 44.31 (3.62) | 37.94 (2.99) | 37.81 (2.88) |
| Stroop-word | 99.77 (4.85) | 101.62 (4.20) | 101.94 (2.12) | 102.25 (1.88) |
| Stroop-color | 61.54 (2.69) | 66.54 (2.82) | 64.44 (2.19) | 64.31 (2.50) |
| Stroop-color word | 35.92 (2.66) | 38.69 (2.68) | 35.31 (2.20) | 33.81 (2.52) |
| Lexical task | 14.31 (1.21) | 13.92 (0.89) | 14.94 (1.10) | 13.31 (1.29) |