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. 2017 Nov 1;11:529. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00529

Table 2.

Transfer results.

Group Comparison
FS (n = 56) IS(n = 33) MT (n = 50) Time Group Time*Group
Measure Pre-training Post-training Pre-training Post-training Pre-training Post-training df F P ηP2 df F P ηP2 df F P ηP2
M s.d. M s.d. M s.d. M s.d. M s.d. M s.d.
PRINCIPAL
Switch task −348 175 −276 155 −368 266 −298 143 −367 225 −321 172 1;130 16.13 <0.001 0.11 2;130 0.238 0.79 0.004 2;130 0.535 0.59 0.01
Dual task −1,215 274 −1,122 264 −1,241 302 −1,141 223 −1,290 300 −1,210 328 1;130 40.96 <0.001 0.24 2;130 0.702 0.5 0.01 2;130 0.078 0.93 0.001
SSRT −258 48 −243 61 −269 56 −251 63 −265 61 −259 59 1;120 4.277 0.04 0.03 2;120 0.782 0.46 0.01 2;120 0.304 0.74 0.01
N-back −10.2 7.4 −8.3 4.9 −9.2 4.5 −8.3 8.0 −11.4 7.8 −9.1 6.2 1;125 4.955 0.03 0.04 2;125 0.865 0.42 0.01 2;125 0.218 0.8 0.003
SECONDARY
D-KEFS TMT-4 −86.0 27.8 −80.7 31.0 −87.1 30.1 −71.1 22.1 −88 34 −77.8 31.7 1;133 16.796 <0.001 0.11 2;133 0.299 0.74 0.004 2;133 1.387 0.25 0.02
TMT-B −71.7 29.3 −61.8 20.0 −72.6 31.7 −64.1 20.4 −71.3 21.0 −63.4 17.1 1;120 31.211 <0.001 0.21 2;120 0.312 0.73 0.01 2;120 0.519 0.6 0.01
Sem. fluency switch −3.2 4.1 −3.6 4.2 −2.9 3.5 −5.3 4.5 −4.8 5.2 −4.8 4.1 1;129 3.653 0.06 0.03 2;129 2.362 0.1 0.04 2;129 1.66 0.19 0.03
Drag-and-drop −37.3 9.7 −34.8 9.2 −39.2 8.5 −33.7 6.3 −42.6 17.1 −36.1 7.9 1;119 17.399 <0.001 0.13 2;119 1.877 0.16 0.03 2;119 1.289 0.28 0.02
Drag-to-grid −62.8 13.5 −57.8 11.8 −66.4 13.1 −59.3 9.1 −65.3 12.2 −58.6 10.6 1;120 58.206 <0.001 0.33 2;120 0.535 0.59 0.01 2;120 0.706 0.5 0.01
Click task −30.7 12.6 −27.3 8.2 −29.9 13.5 −26.0 6.0 −30.0 12.8 −25.2 7.1 1;118 12.549 0.001 0.1 2;118 0.333 0.72 0.01 2;118 0.159 0.85 0.003
TMT-A 40.6 11.3 37.4 7.0 42.9 10.4 36.7 8.6 43.9 15.2 37.4 7.7 1;119 27.518 <0.001 0.19 2;119 0.713 0.49 0.01 2;119 2.137 0.12 0.04
D-KEFS TMT-5 −28.1 9.6 −27.3 10.3 −26.2 7.9 −25.8 9.8 −27.8 9.5 −26.8 8.5 1;136 2.135 0.15 0.02 2;136 0.405 0.67 0.01 2;136 0.093 0.91 0.00
DSC 66.4 12.8 69.6 14.0 66.4 13.6 68.5 12.5 65.8 13.0 68.6 13.8 1;136 20.666 <0.001 0.13 2;136 0.054 0.95 0.001 2;136 0.255 0.78 0.00
DSC online 37.9 5.3 40.0 6.3 37.5 4.7 40.0 4.5 37.2 4.9 39.9 4.9 1;108 66.755 <0.001 0.38 2;108 0.082 0.92 0.002 2;108 0.498 0.61 0.01
ToL 33.5 23.3 27.1 17.9 33.4 21.4 22.4 15.9 37.0 24.4 22.3 19.1 1;123 24.059 <0.001 0.16 2;123 0.302 0.74 0.01 2;123 1.392 0.25 0.02
RPM 18.3 1.6 17.8 1.8 18.2 1.7 18.8 1.4 18.2 1.5 18.3 1.5 1;129 0.05 0.82 0 2;129 0.929 0.4 0.01 2;129 3.378 0.04 0.05
Shipley 15.3 2.8 15.9 3.0 15.8 2.7 17.1 2.5 15.8 2.7 16.5 2.7 1;130 23.496 <0.001 0.15 2;130 1.193 0.31 0.02 2;130 1.001 0.37 0.02
Corsi online 5.8 1.2 5.9 0.9 5.9 1.5 5.9 1.2 5.6 1.2 5.9 1.0 1;122 0.573 0.45 0.01 2;122 0.290 0.75 0.01 2;122 0.297 0.74 0.01
PASAT 96.7 16.5 103.5 16.2 96.6 14.6 103.6 11.2 93.8 16.5 101.2 13.5 1;133 67.008 <0.001 0.34 2;133 0.683 0.51 0.01 2;133 0.13 0.88 0.00
OSPAN 52.5 13.8 54.3 13.1 51.9 12.2 54.3 15.9 53.4 10.8 56.9 10.6 1;89 3.69 0.06 0.04 2;89 0.324 0.72 0.01 2;89 0.188 0.83 0.00
LNS 10.3 2.2 10.4 2.5 9.9 2.4 10.5 2.6 10.2 2.4 10.6 2.4 1;136 4.663 0.03 0.03 2;136 0.081 0.92 0.001 2;136 0.478 0.62 0.01
RAVLT 47.6 9.5 49.2 10.2 45.5 9.1 48.1 9.8 46.1 9.4 48.1 8.8 1;131 11.854 <0.001 0.08 2;131 0.435 0.65 0.01 2;131 0.219 0.8 0.00
RAVLT delay 10.6 3.1 11.1 3.0 9.3 2.9 10.0 3.2 10.4 2.8 10.6 2.8 1;131 5.744 0.02 0.04 2;131 1.853 0.16 0.03 2;131 0.599 0.55 0.01
Sem. fluency 23.4 4.8 23.4 5.7 22.6 4.6 24.1 5.3 23.8 5.1 23.2 5.2 1;129 0.487 0.49 0 2;129 0.014 0.99 0.001 2;129 2.146 0.12 0.03
Letter fluency 47.4 13.1 47.8 13.1 43.8 12.2 43.9 11.4 44.4 10.9 44.6 10.9 1;130 0.13 0.72 0 2;130 1.408 0.25 0.02 2;130 0.011 0.99 0.00

p-values are based on repeated-measures ANOVA; Bonferroni-corrected significant values in bold; ηp2= partial eta squared (effect size); FS, frequent switching experimental group ; IS, infrequent switching experimental group; MT, mock training; SSRT, stop-signal reaction time; D-KEFS, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System; TMT, Trail Making Test; sem, semantic; DSC, Digit Symbol Coding; ToL, Tower of London; RPM, Raven's Progressive Matrices; PASAT, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; LNS, Letter Number Sequencing; RAVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. TM T A and B, DKEFS 4 and 5, Drag-and-drop, Drag-to-grid and Click task in sec.; switchtask, dual task, SSRT in msec.; N-back in % correct.