Table 3.
Neuropsychological Variable [Mean (SD)] |
AE (n=142) |
CON (n=160) |
---|---|---|
VABS-II Communication** | 76.6 (10.69) | 102.4 (16.39) |
CANTAB Spatial Working Memory** | 0.1 (0.79) | 0.7 (0.77) |
NEPSY-II Inhibition** | 5.5 (3.94) | 8.1 (3.73) |
D-KEFS Twenty Questions** | 8.5 (3.12) | 9.9 (3.49) |
NEPSY-II Word Generation* | 7.3 (3.00) | 8.3 (3.04) |
NEPSY-II Speeded Naming* | 8.2 (2.78) | 9.0 (2.41) |
Note: Groups significantly (ps < .05*, ps < .001**) differed on all measures. Groups comprised alcohol-exposed (AE) or typically-developing control (CON) subjects. Communication was measured by the Communication standard score from the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales – Second Edition (VABS-II); Spatial Working Memory was measured by Total Errors z-score from the CANTAB; Inhibition was measured by Total Errors scaled score from the NEPSY-II; Twenty Questions was measured by Initial Abstraction scaled score from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS); Word Generation was measured by Semantic and Initial Combined scaled score from the NEPSY-II; Speeded Naming was measured by Combined scaled score from the NEPSY-II.