Table 1. Participants’ characteristics by mean age (in years), age range and gender.

Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviations for accuracy rate and score range) for the Italian vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning test. SDs are in brackets.

	Mean age (SD)	Age range	Girls	Italian vocabulary mean score (SD) and score range	Nonverbal reasoning mean score (SD) and score range
Younger children (n = 44)	8.40(0.53)	7–8	16	26.18(2.44) [0–30]	12.75(5.20) [0–25]
Older children (n = 45)	9.95(0.57)	9–10	15	27.53(3.03) [0–30]	13.42(3.24) [0–25]