Table 2.
Pairwise Partial Pearson Correlation Coefficients of Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measures with Seven Neuropsychological Domains after controlling for chronological age and gender (N=49).
| Right Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus | Left Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Apparent Diffusion Coefficient |
Fractional Anisotropy |
Axial Diffusivity (λ1) |
Radial Diffusivity |
Apparent Diffusion Coefficient |
Fractional Anisotropy |
Axial Diffusivity (λ1) |
Radial Diffusivity |
|
| Intelligence | |||||||||
| Child IQ | −.06 (.68) |
.23 (.11) |
.22 (.13) |
−.15 (.30) |
−.09 (.54) |
.22 (.13) |
.13 (.37) |
−.22 (.14) |
|
| Fine-Motor Speed and Control | |||||||||
| Fine-Motor Dominant |
−.11 (.46) |
−.16 (.30) |
−.15 (.32) |
.06 (.70) |
−.12 (.41) |
−.15 (.32) |
−.24 (.11) |
−.02 (.91) |
|
| Fine-Motor Nondominant |
−.02 (.92) |
.14 (.45) |
.07 (.71) |
−.09 (.64) |
−.12 (.52) |
.23 (.21) |
−.02 (.89) |
−.17 (.35) |
|
| Attention | |||||||||
| Conners Continuous Performance Variability T-Score |
.07 (.62) |
−.30 (.04) |
−.14 (.34) |
.17 (.26) |
.04 (.80) |
−.39 (.006) |
−.25 (.08) |
.22 (.13) |
|
| Language | |||||||||
| Receptive Language |
−.10 (.48) |
.25 (.08) |
.18 (.23) |
−.18 (.23) |
−.02 (.87) |
.31 (.03) |
.16 (.27) |
−.15 (.32) |
|
| Expressive Language |
−.22 (.14) |
.25 (.10) |
.05 (.75) |
−.25 (.09) |
−.19 (.20) |
.34 (.02) |
.05 (.75) |
−.31 (.04) |
|
| Visual-Spatial | |||||||||
| Visual-Spatial | .17 (.26) |
−.03 (.84) |
.25 (.10) |
.07 (.62) |
.18 (.23) |
−.01 (.96) |
.21 (.17) |
.10 (.50) |
|
| Memory | |||||||||
| Verbal Memory |
.11 (.49) |
−.26 (.09) |
.01 (.93) |
.18 (.25) |
.25 (.11) |
−.24 (.13) |
.05 (.75) |
.32 (.04) |
|
| Verbal Memory Delayed |
−.12 (.45) |
.06 (.72) |
−.01 (.95) |
−.14 (.36) |
−.07 (.66) |
.07 (.64) |
.03 (.85) |
−.13 (.40) |
|
| Visual Memory Delayed |
.09 (.63) |
−.12 (.49) |
.03 (.88) |
.10 (.59) |
.12 (.49) |
−.04 (.81) |
.06 (.72) |
.13 (.48) |
|
| Executive Function | |||||||||
| Problem Solving |
−.03 (.87) |
.27 (.09) |
.23 (.15) |
−.18 (.25) |
.08 (.64) |
.23 (.15) |
.26 (.10) |
−.10 (.54) |
|
| Working Memory |
−.19 (.22) |
.15 (.35) |
−.03 (.83) |
−.20 (.20) |
−.17 (.30) |
.20 (.21) |
.06 (.72) |
−.28 (.08) |
|
| Set-Shifting | .05 (.73) |
.38 (.01) |
.42 (.006) |
−.21 (.19) |
.17 (.29) |
.40 (.01) |
.51 (.001) |
−.16 (.32) |
|
| Cognitive Efficiency |
.11 (.51) |
−.10 (.53) |
.07 (.67) |
.12 (.45) |
.13 (.41) |
−.21 (.19) |
.08 (.63) |
.14 (.40) |
|
| Inhibitory Control |
−.28 (.05) |
.21 (.15) |
−.20 (.17) |
−.32 (.02) |
−.39 (.006) |
.06 (.70) |
−.33 (.02) |
−.32 (.03) |
|
Statistically significant correlations are bolded. Each cognitive domain was adjusted with a Bonferroni correction for the number of psychological measures in each domain.