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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Lang. 2018 Jun 15;184:1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2018.06.001

Table 4. Correlation of cognitive test results with laterality indices and strength of laterality, controlled for age effects.

Laterality index
r (p)
Strength of laterality
r (p)
in-scanner task performance
    language task -.53 (.014) -.46 (.036)
cognitive test results
    expressive vocabulary -.61 (.001) * -.71 (.000) *
    expressive vocabulary (n=20) -.51 (.025) -.73 (.000) *
    verbal span -.28 (.139) -.34 (.074)
    verbal learning curve -.37 (.046) -.47 (.011)
    verbal short-term memory -.36 (.054) -.38 (.040)
    verbal long-term memory -.25 (.199) -.39 (.035)
    verbal recognition -.34 (.071) -.46 (.011)
    verbal fluency -.11 (.571) -.21 (.287)
    perceptual reasoning index -.40 (.033) -.30 (.112)

uncorrected p-values are given, statistical significance after Bonferroni correction is indicated with *