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Table 2 Differences between patients and controls in ToM and neurocognition

From: Theory of mind and neurocognition in early psychosis: a quasi-experimental study

 

Patients

Healthy controls

Significance test: t (40)

ToM

−1.60 ± 2.16

1.94 ± 1.04

6.55**

 Picture sequencing

4.80 ± 1.19

5.87 ± .28

3.81**

 Joke appreciation

1.26 ± .47

1.90 ± .27

5.23**

 Story comprehension

.72 ± .31

1.19 ± .27

5.17**

Neurocognition

−3.66 ± 3.77

4.21 ± 3.89

6.57**

 IQ

96.65 ± 8.41

103.42 ± 9.32

2.47*

 Visual memory

16.78 ± 3.26

19.84 ± 2.73

3.25**

 Verbal memory

26.39 ± 15.76

54.21 ± 13.44

6.08**

 Verbal fluency

28.00 ± 9.29

44.58 ± 13.47

4.71**

 Semantic fluency

32.43 ± 9.45

56.95 ± 12.94

7.09**

 Inhibition

32.30 ± 9.88

23.24 ± 5.92

3.49**

 Set-Shifting

-.17 ± .93

.20 ± .50

1.54

 Planning

60.26 ± 7.84

55.63 ± 6.79

2.02

  1. Note. Data expressed as means ± SD. *p < .05, **p < .01.