Table 5.
Results from hierarchical regression analyses for the relations of figure matching and arithmetic computation (simple subtraction and complex subtraction) after controlling for age/gender (step 1), general cognitive processes (step 2) and numerosity comparison (step 3).
| Predictors | Simple subtraction | Complex subtraction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | |
| B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | |
| Age (month) | 0.04 (0.02)* | 0.04 (0.02)* | 0.04 (0.02)* | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.03 (0.02)* | 0.04 (0.01)* | 0.03 (0.01)* | 0.03 (0.01) |
| Gender | 1.5 (1.02) | 2.40 (1.0)* | 2.30 (1.0)* | 2.33 (0.97)* | 0.73 (0.90) | 1.90 (0.84)* | 1.70 (0.84)* | 1.62 (0.83) |
| Choice reaction time | - | −0.02 (0.01)** | −0.03 (0.01)** | −0.02 (0.01)** | - | −0.03 (0.01)*** | −0.03 (0.01)*** | −0.03 (0.01)*** |
| Mental rotation | - | 0.13 (0.06)* | 0.11 (0.06) | 0.10 (0.06) | - | 0.16 (0.05)** | 0.14 (0.05)** | 0.13 (0.05)** |
| Nonverbal matrices reasoning | - | 0.10 (0.06) | 0.07 (0.06) | 0.08 (0.06) | - | 0.04 (0.05) | 0.02 (0.05) | 0.01 (0.05) |
| Numerosity comparison (ACC) | 0.12 (0.06)* | 0.08 (0.06) | 0.12 (0.05)* | 0.08 (0.05) | ||||
| Numerosity comparison (RTs) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.00)* | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.00 (0.01) | ||||
| Visual figure matching (ACC) | - | - | 0.09 (0.06) | - | - | 0.11 (0.05)* | ||
| Visual figure matching (RTs) | - | - | 0.00 (0.00)* | - | - | 0.00 (0.00) | ||
| R2 =0.038* | ΔR2 =0.129*** | ΔR2 =0.159* | ΔR2 =0.181* | R2 =0.026 | ΔR2 =0.178*** | ΔR2 =0.197* | ΔR2 =0.211 | |
ΔR2 indicates the change in the R Square value.
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001.