Table 2.
Descriptive data for participants' cognitive performances across control, endurance, and motorically complex groups (mean ± SD).
| Variable | Control (n = 20) |
Endurance (n = 20) |
Motorically complex (n = 20) |
Total (n = 60) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroop test | ||||
| Stroop congruent (s) | 16.78 ± 4.07 | 17.50 ± 4.22 | 15.37 ± 2.15 | 16.55 ± 3.65 |
| Stroop word (s) | 17.81 ± 3.25 | 19.79 ± 4.28 | 17.88 ± 2.78 | 18.49 ± 3.56 |
| Stroop square (s) | 20.83 ± 4.22 | 22.43 ± 4.32 | 21.00 ± 2.99 | 21.43 ± 3.89 |
| Stroop neutral (s) | 22.20 ± 3.74 | 24.26 ± 4.61 | 22.76 ± 3.58 | 23.09 ± 4.03 |
| Stroop incongruent (s) | 34.33 ± 8.25 | 36.83 ± 8.74 | 34.31 ± 6.26 | 35.16 ± 7.78 |
| Wisconsin Card Sorting Test | ||||
| Categories completed | 5.85 ± 0.49 | 5.45 ± 1.32 | 5.60 ± 1.19 | 5.63 ± 1.06 |
| Total correct | 68.90 ± 6.21 | 70.75 ± 8.06 | 71.05 ± 8.63 | 70.23 ± 7.63 |
| Perseverative errors | 9.05 ± 6.52 | 12.95 ± 10.75 | 10.55 ± 6.51 | 10.85 ± 8.20 |
| Perseverative responses | 9.80 ± 7.88 | 14.70 ± 13.68 | 11.65 ± 7.25 | 12.05 ± 10.07 |
| Conceptual level response | 64.30 ± 6.23 | 64.80 ± 8.89 | 65.20 ± 9.17 | 64.77 ± 8.08 |
| Non-perseverative errors | 11.25 ± 9.84 | 14.55 ± 11.95 | 11.15 ± 8.76 | 12.32 ± 10.22 |
| Failure to maintain set | 0.35 ± 0.67 | 0.70 ± 1.30 | 0.55 ± 0.89 | 0.53 ± 0.89 |
| Tower of London TaskDX | ||||
| Total correct scores | 4.55 ± 2.04 | 4.10 ± 2.47 | 2.90 ± 2.27 | 3.85 ± 2.33 |
| Total move scores | 28.45 ± 12.56 | 28.10 ± 16.08 | 37.55 ± 16.43 | 31.36 ± 15.51 |