Table 4.
Emotional processing in tasks that require a relevant involvement of grammatical and semantic aspects of language. Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) of the dependent variables according to diagnosis, and F-statistics from ANOVA and eta squared.
| Variables | Control | MCI | AD | F | p | η 2 | Comparisons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||
| FAB 3 | 9.38 (2.41) | 9.30 (2.18) | 8.20 (2.48) | 2.44 | 0.09 | 0.05 | |
| Labelling | 8.62 (2.14) | 8.67 (2.75) | 7.51 (1.87) | 3.25 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
| FAB 4 | 7.41 (1.64) | 6.46 (1.66) | 6.55 (1.63) | 3.67 | 0.03 | 0.08 | C vs. MCI; C vs. AD a |
| Prosody | 3.72 (1.81) | 3.32 (1.46) | 2.63 (1.35) | 4.16 | 0.02 | 0.08 | C vs. AD |
Note. n (control, MCI, and AD): FAB 3: 45, 23, 30; Labelling: 45, 24, 30; FAB 4: 44, 24, 31; Prosody: 44, 22, 30. a one-tailed Bonferroni adjustment.