Table 3.
Scores of the three components of EF according to age, fantasy, and pacing (M ± SD).
| Inhibitory Control | Working Memory | Cognitive Flexibility | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | High Fantasy | Low Fantasy | High Fantasy | Low Fantasy | High Fantasy | Low Fantasy | ||||||
| Fast paced | Slow paced | Fast paced | Slow paced | Fast paced | Slow paced | Fast paced | Slow paced | Fast paced | Slow paced | Fast paced | Slow paced | |
| 4 | 10.36 ± 3.30 | 11.29 ± 2.89 | 13.79 ± 1.58 | 13.29 ± 1.49 | 2.07 ± 1.00 | 1.93 ± 0.62 | 2.86 ± 0.60 | 2.43 ± 0.65 | 6.79 ± 2.23 | 6.64 ± 1.95 | 8.57 ± 1.34 | 8.00 ± 1.30 |
| 5 | 11.29 ± 2.02 | 11.93 ± 1.59 | 14.08 ± 1.32 | 15.21 ± 0.89 | 2.29 ± 0.83 | 2.07 ± 0.62 | 3.23 ± 0.83 | 3.21 ± 0.80 | 7.57 ± 2.31 | 7.21 ± 2.86 | 8.92 ± 1.26 | 9.36 ± 0.75 |
| 6 | 12.14 ± 1.17 | 12.29 ± 1.27 | 14.73 ± 0.96 | 13.79 ± 1.25 | 2.43 ± 0.51 | 2.57 ± 0.51 | 3.53 ± 0.83 | 3.50 ± 0.65 | 7.36 ± 1.55 | 7.21 ± 1.59 | 9.47 ± 0.92 | 8.57 ± 1.70 |
| 7 | 13.67 ± 1.68 | 14.33 ± 1.28 | 14.56 ± 1.42 | 14.83 ± 1.20 | 3.17 ± 0.79 | 3.44 ± 0.86 | 4.11 ± 1.08 | 4.00 ± 0.77 | 7.61 ± 1.61 | 8.33 ± 1.61 | 9.50 ± 0.79 | 9.50 ± 0.86 |