Table 3.
Bivariate correlation between soft motor sign and attentional functioning in 15 patients with HFA and 15 healthy control subjects
| Variables | HFA (n = 15) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total overflow movements | Total dysrhythmia | Total speed of timed activities | |
| A. Alertness | |||
| Tonic alertness | |||
| Mean RTs | 0.296 (0.284)* | 0.056 (0.843) | 0.381 (0.161) |
| Variability of RTs in msec | 0.089 (0.752) | 0.062 (0.827) | − 0.245 (0.379) |
| Number of omission errors | 0.583 (0.023) | 0.544 (0.036) | − 0.193 (0.490) |
| Phasic Alertness | |||
| Mean RTs | 0.379 (0.163) | 0.341 (0.213) | 0.166 (0.553) |
| Variability of RTs in msec | 0.133 (0.636) | 0.258 (0.354) | 0.020 (0.944) |
| Number of omission errors | 0.161 (0.566) | 0.291 (0.293) | − 0.372 (0.172) |
| B. Selective attention | |||
| Mean RTs | 0.167 (0.551) | − 0.073 (0.797) | 0.324 (0.239) |
| Variability of RTs in msec | 0.082 (0.772) | − 0.185 (0.510) | 0.555 (0.032) |
| Number of omission errors | − 0.078 (0.783) | 0.283 (0.307) | 0.127 (0.651) |
| C. Divided attention | |||
| Auditory task | |||
| Mean RTs | − 0.035 (0.900) | 0.146 (0.605) | 0.052 (0.854) |
| Variability of RTs in msec | 0.197 (0.481) | 0.280 (0.312) | 0.048 (0.864) |
| Number of omission errors | 0.290 (0.295) | 0.159 (0.572) | 0.179 (0.524) |
| Visual task | |||
| Mean RTs | − 0.428 (0.112) | − 0.453 (0.090) | 0.113 (0.689) |
| Variability of RTs in msec | 0.534 (0.040) | 0.358 (0.190) | 0.293 (0.289) |
| Number of omission errors | − 0.134 (0.634) | − 0.262 (0.345) | 0.159 (0.572) |
| Total number of errors | 0.583 (0.023) | 0.605 (0.017) | 0.067 (0.814) |
| D. Sustained attention | |||
| Mean RTs | 0.195 (0.485) | 0.235 (0.399) | 0.277 (0.317) |
| Variability of RTs in msec | 0.353 (0.197) | 0.644 (0.010) | − 0.102 (0.717) |
| Number of omission errors | 0.613 (0.015) | 0.160 (0.569) | 0.267 (0.336) |
| Number of commission errors | 0.334 (0.223) | 0.154 (0.584) | − 0.154 (0.584) |
*Spearman Rho sr (p value); Significant p values are indicated in bold