. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 15.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2015 Aug 28;15:94–105. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.08.008

Table 3.

Internal test: comparison of brain morphological characteristics (length, width, and height) between registering the images of the internal subjects separately into the nationality-appropriate child templates, the nationality-inappropriate child templates, the Chinese56 adult template, and the US20–24 adult template using a 12-parameter transformation.

Nationality of participants	Measurements and age	Original images (OIs) (M ± S.D.)	Registered to nationality appropriate children templates (CN to CN, US to US)	Registered to nationality inappropriate children templates (CN to US, US to CN)	Registered to the Chinese56	Registered to the US20–24
	Length
	8	164.3 ± 4.62	164.40	178.25^***	184.00^***	176.75^***
	10	167.82 ± 7.01	169.41	177.22^***	185.05^***	177.22^***
Chinese	12	171.27 ± 5.82	170.92	179.35^***	183.62^***	176.43^***
	14	171.15 ± 5.89	171.90	178.97^***	183.38^***	176.00^***
	16	168.9 ± 6.29	169.50	177.45^***	184.10^***	176.70^***
	8	177.9 ± 6.01	178.00	164.60^***	184.00^*	176.30
	10	175.70 ± 9.03	175.00	168.10	182.30^*	175.60
U.S.	12	173.90 ± 7.99	175.70	169.40	182.20^**	173.90
	14	174.50 ± 11.74	178.00	171.30	182.50^**	175.20
	16	176.50 ± 5.30	175.00	167.40^*	182.10^*	174.30
	Width
	8	146.45 ± 4.98	147.05	144.10	155.10^***	135.00^***
	10	147.45 ± 4.38	149.14	132.09^***	155.14^***	134.91^***
Chinese	12	145.57 ± 5.18	145.65	136.22^***	155.35^***	134.76^***
	14	145.08 ± 5.40	145.21	134.92^***	155.36^***	134.97^***
	16	143.35 ± 6.52	143.45	133.65^***	155.70^***	135.15^***
	8	139.6 ± 4.51	148.00	152.00^**	162.40^***	139.30
	10	143.1 ± 7.65	133.70	151.00^***	158.00^***	137.10
U.S.	12	137.4 ± 4.19	138.20	149.50^***	159.60^***	137.70
	14	139 ± 8.76	138.20	149.60^**	160.60^***	138.30
	16	140.9 ± 3.74	135.70	148.40^***	160.60^***	137.60
	Height
	8	139.90 ± 4.76	140.15	139.55	142.65	131.45^***
	10	140.95 ± 3.20	141.27	131.87^***	142.95	132.87^***
Chinese	12	141.22 ± 5.18	141.84	139.00	142.81	133.05^***
	14	142.41 ± 5.92	144.00	137.56^***	144.31	134.26^***
	16	141.55 ± 5.37	141.80	137.15^**	146.65^***	136.20^***
	8	139.3 ± 3.27	141.10	141.40	142.60	132.80^*
	10	135.50 ± 7.79	130.90	140.70	142.30^*	131.30
U.S.	12	137.10 ± 4.28	138.00	142.30	143.30	132.80
	14	139.40 ± 2.41	139.50	145.60^*	146.20^*	134.70
	16	139.10 ± 8.39	136.00	141.60	146.00^*	134.90

Significant differences are bolded.

p<0.05,

^**

p<0.01,

^***

p<0.001.