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. 2015 Dec 22;5(4):404–411. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v5.i4.404

Table 3.

Specific task scores

AN HC F P Cohen’s d
M (SD) M (SD)
Speed of processing
BACS SC 63.23 (9.80) 68.11 (9.19) 3.50 0.07 0.51
Fluency 28.19 (6.43) 27.19 (5.54) 0.37 0.54 0.17
TMT-A 23.62 (57.50) 21.30 (4.83) 2.54 0.12 0.44
Attention/vigilance
CPT-IP
Hits proportion 0.82 (0.10) 0.86 (0.09) 1.65 0.21 0.42
Hits reaction time 550.25 (60.43) 533.05 (51.08) 1.26 0.27 0.31
False alarms proportion 0.11 (0.05) 0.09 (0.06) 1.04 0.31 0.36
False alarms reaction time 508.08 (147.39) 369.98 (133.55) 12.80 < 0.01 0.98
Random responses proportion 0.01 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01) 1.96 0.17 0.00
DPRIME score 2.55 (0.54) 2.78 (0.56) 2.37 0.13 0.42
Working memory
WMS®-III
Forward score 9.65 (2.30) 10.3 (1.88) 1.25 0.27 0.31
Backward score 9.12 (1.80) 10.3 (1.75) 5.88 0.02 0.67
Total score 18.77 (3.54) 20.59 (2.94) 4.18 0.05 0.56
LNS 17.38 (2.82) 16.74 (2.97) 0.66 0.42 0.22
Verbal learning
HVLT-R™
Total recall 29.38 (4.01) 28.07 (3.82) 1.48 0.23 0.34
Delayed recall 13.42 (17.74) 9.96 (1.63) 1.02 0.32 0.23
Delayed retention 92.80 (14.13) 91.98 (14.59) 0.04 0.84 0.06
Delayed recognition 11.04 (0.96) 10.93 (1.33) 0.12 0.73 0.10
Visual learning
BVMT-R™ 28.62 (3.98) 29.78 (6.23) 0.65 0.42 0.22
Reasoning and problem solving
NAB®: Mazes 22.46 (3.43) 23.70 (2.63) 2.20 0.14 0.41
Social cognition
MSCEIT™: Managing emotions 96.98 (5.92) 95.41 (9.57) 0.51 0.48 0.20

AN: Anorexia nervosa; HC: Healthy control; BACS SC: Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia: Symbol Coding; Fluency: Category Fluency: Animal Naming; TMT-A: Trail Making Task Part A reported in seconds; CPT-IP: Continuous Performance Test - Identical Pairs; WMS®-III: Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS®-III): Spatial Span; LNS: Letter Number Span; HVLT-R™: Hopkins Verbal Learning Test - Revised; NAB®: Mazes: Neuropsychological Assessment Battery Mazes task; MSCEIT™: Managing Emotions: Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: Managing Emotions; reaction times on the CPT-IP reported in milliseconds.