Table 2.
Results from the 2 (Training Groups: Cognitive Training and Active Control) × 2 (Time: Pre- and Posttraining) Repeated Measures ANOVA.
| Cognitive domain | Raw scores | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Training (n = 109) | Active Control (n = 100) | Repeated-Measures ANOVA for Training Group-by-Time Interaction | ||||||||
| Baseline | After 13 weeks of training | Baseline | After 13 weeks of training | |||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F (df = 1, 207) | P value | |
| Sustained attention | ||||||||||
| Digit Vigilance Test | 492.53 | 152.51 | 460.53 | 123.93 | 482.38 | 114.23 | 447.13 | 116.58 | .046 | .831 |
| Seashore Rhythm Test | 19.80 | 3.84 | 21.13 | 3.70 | 20.73 | 3.60 | 20.98 | 3.57 | 5.054 | .026 * |
| Working memory | ||||||||||
| Digit Span | ||||||||||
| Total | 19.16 | 3.77 | 20.00 | 3.64 | 19.99 | 3.95 | 20.02 | 4.41 | 6.473 | .012 * |
| Visual Spatial Span | ||||||||||
| Total | 13.11 | 3.06 | 14.04 | 2.91 | 13.44 | 2.97 | 13.58 | 2.91 | 5.047 | .026 * |
| Memory | ||||||||||
| WMS-III Logical Memory | ||||||||||
| Immediate recall | 26.21 | 10.43 | 30.31 | 10.68 | 27.14 | 9.64 | 32.26 | 10.88 | .933 | .335 |
| Delayed recall | 14.81 | 7.46 | 18.24 | 7.73 | 15.56 | 7.25 | 19.75 | 8.37 | .913 | .340 |
| WMS-III Family Pictures | ||||||||||
| Immediate recall | 27.39 | 10.96 | 29.20 | 10.57 | 27.18 | 11.24 | 29.19 | 11.60 | .027 | .869 |
| Delayed recall | 27.17 | 10.66 | 28.57 | 10.17 | 26.04 | 11.77 | 27.81 | 11.94 | .089 | .765 |
Level of significance: * P < .05.