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Table 2 Cognitive performance in the two age groups (mean ± SD)

From: Associations between a neurophysiological marker of central cholinergic activity and cognitive functions in young and older adults

 

Young Adults (n = 24)

Older Adults (n = 31)

Logical Memory I

30.46 ± 4.04

29.00 ± 6.77

Visual Paired Associates II

6.00 ± 0.00

5.50 ± 0.77 ***

Verbal Paired Associates I

26.63 ± 5.59

19.00 ± 7.84 ***

Faces I

38.71 ± 4.31

34.67 ± 3.34 ***

CVLT-II Long-Delay Cued Recall1

13.67 ± 1.81

12.39 ± 2.70

Verbal Fluency (FAS) Test

40.25 ± 9.81

41.00 ± 12.20

Backward Digit Span

7.67 ± 2.67

7.42 ± 2.80

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

4.25 ± 0.85

2.83 ± 1.51 ***

Mental Control

27.13 ± 4.74

26.39 ± 4.10

Memory factor (z score)

0.39 ± 0.39

−0.31 ± 0.68 ***

Executive function factor (z score)

0.16 ± 0.50

−0.12 ± 0.71

  1. 1 California Verbal Learning Test-II.
  2. Significant difference at adjusted p-values (p = 0.006) for multiple comparisons
  3. *** p < 0.001.