Table 8.
Session | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Sig. | ||
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Training (n = 17) | Control (n = 16) | ||||||
CULTURE FAIR INTELLIGENCE TEST | |||||||
Part 2 + Part 4 | Total raw score | Pretest | 12.71 | 2.80 | 12.18 | 1.94 | N/A |
Posttest | 12.24 | 2.86 | 12.50 | 2.56 | ns | ||
WAIS-R BLOCK DESIGN | |||||||
Total raw score | Pretest | 26.29 | 10.62 | 29.94 | 7.68 | N/A | |
Posttest | 28.53 | 9.60 | 32.25 | 6.98 | ns | ||
CERAD | |||||||
Wordlist sum score | Pretest | 21.12 | 2.98 | 23.00 | 3.52 | N/A | |
Posttest | 23.76 | 2.68 | 23.37 | 4.33 | ns | ||
Wordlist delayed recall | Pretest | 7.59 | 1.18 | 8.13 | 1.31 | N/A | |
Posttest | 8.06 | 1.03 | 8.38 | 1.45 | ns | ||
Wordlist savings score (%) | Pretest | 92.35 | 11.17 | 97.56 | 12.06 | N/A | |
Posttest | 94.35 | 13.31 | 97.06 | 15.65 | ns | ||
WMS-R | |||||||
Logical Memory immediate | Total raw score | Pretest | 27.35 | 4.73 | 26.06 | 3.57 | N/A |
Posttest | 30.24 | 4.93 | 29.94 | 3.73 | ns | ||
Logical Memory delayed | Total raw score | Pretest | 23.53 | 4.61 | 23.69 | 4.38 | N/A |
Posttest | 28.82 | 4.52 | 26.81 | 4.48 | ns | ||
VERBAL FLUENCY | |||||||
Semantic fluency | 60 seconds | Pretest | 28.53 | 5.78 | 28.56 | 5.78 | N/A |
Posttest | 28.53 | 6.26 | 27.63 | 7.26 | ns | ||
Phonological fluency | 60 seconds | Pretest | 17.35 | 6.30 | 17.06 | 6.69 | N/A |
Posttest | 19.18 | 7.28 | 16.25 | 5.36 | ns | ||
WAIS-R DIGIT SYMBOL | |||||||
Total raw score | Pretest | 45.88 | 10.48 | 48.81 | 14.53 | N/A | |
Posttest | 49.47 | 10.16 | 50.44 | 12.77 | ns |
Between-group differences at posttest were analyzed with ANCOVA; ns, not significant.