Table 4.
Pre‐training to post‐training changes in cognitive functions in the two training programs
| Neurocognitive measures | Gist Reasoning | New Learning | Interaction p‐value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| Executive function | |||||
| WAIS‐III Similarities (SS) | 13.32 (0.56) | 14.27 (0.56) | 13.89 (0.50) | 13.96 (0.51) | 0.066 |
| List learning strategic attention—trial 3 | 2.95 (0.39) | 4.34 (0.40) | 4.30 (0.37) | 4.39 (0.38) | 0.011 |
| Text processing complex abstraction | 2.96 (0.36) | 3.37 (0.38) | 3.04 (0.33) | 3.45 (0.35) | 0.498 |
| Memory | |||||
| WMS‐III Logical | 10.45 (1.31) | 12.67 (1.32) | 10.11 (1.30) | 11.00 (1.30) | 0.075 |
| List learning memory span | 3.31 (0.42) | 4.62 (0.43) | 4.98 (0.40) | 5.18 (0.41) | 0.016 |
| Text processing detail memory | 4.61 (0.26) | 5.04 (0.26) | 4.89 (0.24) | 6.00 (0.24) | 0.045 |
| Self‐evaluation memory | |||||
| MMQ Feelings | 33.14 (4.58) | 38.27 (4.58) | 31.28 (4.08) | 34.13 (3.94) | 0.278 |
| MMQ Mistakes | 41.83 (3.93) | 44.20 (3.93) | 42.32 (3.54) | 41.32 (3.39) | 0.188 |
| MMQ Strategies | 32.13 (4.22) | 36.38 (4.22) | 40.98 (3.88) | 40.22 (3.66) | 0.168 |
WAIS‐III, Weschler adult intelligence scale III; MMQ, metamemory questionnaire.