Table 4.
Hierarchical regression models predicting arithmetic ability (simple and complex subtraction) from age, gender, general cognitive ability, symbolic, and non-symbolic magnitude processing in congenital and acquired group.
| Simple subtraction β | Complex subtraction β | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step2 | Step3 | Step4 | Step 1 | Step2 | Step3 | Step4 | |
| Congenital group | ||||||||
| Age (months) | 0.252 | 0.184 | 0.132 | 0.066 | 0.348* | 0.297 | 0.234 | 0.173 |
| Gender | −0.064 | −0.096 | −0.068 | −0.093 | −0.138 | −0.154 | −0.128 | −0.141 |
| Non-verbal IQ | — | 0.136 | 0.079 | 0.081 | — | 0.117 | 0.070 | 0.077 |
| Ps. (ACC) | — | 0.176 | 0.120 | 0.084 | — | 0.173 | 0.130 | 0.115 |
| Ps. (RT) | — | −0.147 | −0.066 | −0.105 | — | −0.089 | −0.003 | −0.037 |
| Reading Com. | — | 0.333* | 0.334* | 0.292 | — | 0.164 | 0.164 | 0.118 |
| Symbolic (ACC) | — | — | 0.142 | 0.147 | — | — | 0.101 | 0.080 |
| Symbolic (RT) | — | — | −0.210 | −0.139 | — | — | −0.247 | −0.181 |
| Non-symbolic (ACC) | — | — | — | 0.229 | — | — | — | 0.197 |
| Non-symbolic (RT) | — | — | — | −0.157 | — | — | — | −0.073 |
| R2 = 0.068 | R2 = 0.341* | R2 = 0.388 | R2 = 0.401 | R2 = 0.141* | R2 = 0.259 | R2 = 0.312 | R2 = 0.325 | |
| (ΔR2 = 0.273*)(ΔR2 = 0.047)(ΔR2 = 0.013) | (ΔR2 = 0.118)(ΔR2 = 0.053)(ΔR2 = 0.012) | |||||||
| Acquired group | ||||||||
| Age (months) | −0.117 | −0.103 | −0.216 | −0.198 | 0.219 | 0.176 | 0.103 | 0.141 |
| Gender | −0.198 | −0.167 | 0.016 | 0.071 | −0.077 | −0.025 | 0.078 | 0.218 |
| Non-verbal IQ | — | 0.101 | 0.027 | −0.005 | — | 0.207 | 0.178 | 0.111 |
| Ps. (ACC) | — | 0.028 | −0.059 | −0.062 | — | −0.256 | −0.303 | −0.356* |
| Ps. (RT) | — | −0.170 | −0.020 | 0.026 | — | −0.177 | −0.077 | 0.005 |
| Reading Com. | — | 0.389* | 0.330* | 0.310* | — | 0.238 | 0.205 | 0.147 |
| Symbolic (ACC) | — | — | 0.428* | 0.390* | — | — | 0.201 | 0.157 |
| Symbolic (RT) | — | — | −0.307* | −0.283 | — | — | −0.218 | −0.298 |
| Non-symbolic (ACC) | — | — | — | 0.209 | — | — | — | 0.277 |
| Non-symbolic (RT) | — | — | — | 0.022 | — | — | — | 0.279 |
| R2 = 0.058 | R2 = 0.337* | R2 = 0.526* | R2 = 0.558 | R2 = 0.050 | R2 = 0.246* | R2 = 0.304 | R2 = 0.477* | |
| (ΔR2 = 0.279*)(ΔR2 = 0.189*)(ΔR2 = 0.032) | (ΔR2 = 0.196*)(ΔR2 = 0.058)(ΔR2 = 0.173*) | |||||||
p < 0.05,
Bonferroni-corrected. Ps., Processing speed; Reading Com., Reading comprehension; ACC, accuracy; RT, reaction time.