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. 2014 Jan 6;4:184. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00184

Table 4.

Correlations of category learning correct responding with cognitive and symptom scores.

Prototype
Low distortion
High distortion
Random
SC HP SC HP SC HP SC HP
General intellectual ability
 WAIS-R estimated full scale IQ 0.22 0.04 0.28 −0.07 0.40* 0.07 −0.20 0.26
Prefrontal cortex/executive function
 WCST categories 0.47* 0.17 0.47* 0.18 0.64** 0.03 0.05 0.33
Prefrontal cortex/working memory
 N-back two back number correct 0.09 a 0.18 0.60* 0.25 0.73* 0.13 0.67*
 CVLT list A 1–5 total correct 0.11 −0.42 0.02 −0.05 0.02 −0.56* −0.22 −0.53*
Attention
 CPT vigilance correct 0.29 −0.14 0.31 −0.09 0.15 −0.02 0.11 0.30
 Trail making form A 0.11 0.26 0.01 −0.13 −0.14 −0.14 0.14 −0.52*
Hippocampus/memory
 WMS-R verbal paired-associates I total 0.36 −0.01 0.44* 0.38 0.41* 0.30 0.01 0.77*
Language
 CVLT semantic cluster ratio −0.12 −0.46 0.03 0.06 0.38 −0.35 −0.60* −0.62*
 Fluency F-A-S −0.18 0.49 −0.18 −0.28 0.07 −0.11 −0.46* 0.15
 Fluency animals-fruits-vegetables −0.20 0.62* −0.23 −0.30 0.06 −0.23 −0.13 0.03
Occipital-parietal/visual-spatial
 Benton Line Orientation −0.06 0.60* 0.06 −0.13 0.11 0.14 0.07 0.19
Symptoms
 PANSS positive symptoms −0.41* −0.32 −0.07 −0.42*
 PANSS negative symptoms −0.32 −0.27 −0.15 −0.33

*Significant correlation at p < 0.05, **significant correlation at p < 0.01, a, no correlation calculated due to restricted range; SC, patients with schizophrenia; HP, healthy participants; WAIS-R, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised; WRAT-R, Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sort Test; CPT, Continuous Performance Test; WMS-R, Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised; CVLT, California Verbal Learning Test; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.