TABLE 2.
Partial correlations between the motor skill components (strength, speed, manual dexterity, balance) and measures of executive functioning (working memory, processing speed, response inhibition, selective attention, cognitive flexibility) in preschool children (upper triangle, gray shaded) and young adults (lower triangle).
BOTstrength | BOTspeed | PPgross | SEBT | LS | SRT | HFRT–diff | FFacc | WCSTpercentcorrect | |
BOTstrength | 0.591 | 0.590 | 0.433 | 0.559 | −0.252 | 0.070 | 0.184 | 0.159 | |
BOTspeed | 0.698 | 0.381 | 0.514 | 0.501 | −0.355 | −0.035 | 0.197 | 0.110 | |
PPgross | −0.347 | −0.298 | 0.519 | 0.718 | −0.208 | 0.047 | 0.370 | 0.277 | |
SEBT | 0.549 | 0.440 | −0.404 | 0.301 | −0.212 | −0.021 | 0.296 | 0.119 | |
LS | −0.137 | −0.117 | 0.158 | 0.038 | −0.164 | 0.132 | 0.340 | 0.411 | |
SRT | −0.295 | −0.248 | −0.121 | −0.017 | 0.015 | −0.023 | −0.283 | −0.179 | |
HFRT–diff | −0.250 | −0.047 | −0.028 | −0.146 | 0.089 | −0.063 | 0.162 | 0.241 | |
FFacc | −0.245 | −0.217 | −0.033 | −0.014 | 0.105 | 0.190 | −0.169 | 0.448 | |
WCSTpercentcorrect | −0.015 | −0.029 | 0.152 | 0.094 | −0.124 | −0.008 | −0.222 | 0.282 |
Bold-typed values represent significance, p < 0.05.