Table 2.

Cognitive test battery

YoungerOldert(44)a
Mean ± SEMean ± SE
Raven's progressive matrices13.0 ± 0.68.6 ± 0.74.7*
Listening span3.9 ± 0.33.0 ± 0.23.1*
Attention networks
    Alerting43.0 ± 5.731.0 ± 5.81.5
    Orienting18.0 ± 4.520.0 ± 4.5−0.3
    Conflict115.1 ± 9.5146.3 ± 7.5−2.6*
  • a Independent-samples t test: age group comparison.

  • *p < 0.05.