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. 2014 Jul 25;8:250. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00250

Table 3.

Older adult demographic, neuropsychological, executive function, and language task performance (mean ± standard deviation).

Anglophone
(n = 31; 16 males)
Francophone
(n = 30; 7 males)
Bilingual
(n = 36; 19 males)
Age (years) 72.26 ± 6.43 72.60 ± 6.59 70.69 ± 5.86
Education (years) 15.26 ± 2.87 16.20 ± 2.57 16.14 ± 2.85
Coefficient of Variability
L1 0.25 ± 0.10 0.31 ± 0.15 0.27 ± 0.10
L2 NA NA 0.27 ± 0.13
MoCA(/30) 27.94 ± 1.65 27.50 ± 1.36 27.53 ± 1.59
WCST (categories;/6) 3.50 ± 1.22 4.07 ± 0.69 3.50 ± 1.21
Digit Span
Forward (/16) 11.19 ± 1.72 10.47 ± 2.40 10.28 ± 1.91
Reverse (/14) 7.87 ± 2.05 7.07 ± 2.03 7.06 ± 2.19
SART
Reaction Time 461.17 ± 61.17 557.57 ± 140.20 482.90 ± 95.86
Errors 2.03 ± 1.89 1.10 ± 1.50 1.80 ± 1.83
Simon Task
Control 622.55 ± 130.77 611.43 ± 152.17 634.20 ± 127.07
Reverse 885.03 ± 273.10 950.10 ± 313.48 901.08 ± 230.38
Conflict 799.79 ± 157.18 785.04 ± 190.32 797.12 ± 152.08
Congruent 775.25 ± 159.18 769.56 ± 182.05 777.78 ± 151.03
Incongruent 822.96 ± 162.23 800.91 ± 201.05 817.18 ± 156.48
Stroop
WR (/120) 97.39 ± 12.96 104.07 ± 16.05 96.17 ± 15.34
CN (/120) 64.87 ± 11.73 73.10 ± 14.07 59.94 ± 12.57
ICN (/120) 34.77 ± 8.16 32.40 ± 9.55 36.72 ± 8.57
WR-ICN 62.61 ± 11.92 71.67 ± 14.80 59.44 ± 16.45
CN-ICN 30.10 ± 8.89 40.70 ± 12.05 23.22 ± 9.60
Verbal Fluency
FAS 44.10 ± 10.00 36.37 ± 10.13 37.00 ± 13.26
Animals 20.68 ± 4.58 18.27 ± 4.62 19.17 ± 6.41
BNT (/60) 55.63 ± 3.16 46.93 ± 5.92 48.56 ± 6.00

ICN = incongruent colour naming; CN = colour naming; WR = word reading.