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Table 8 Pearson linear correlation coefficient between each executive function and the ability to abstract social concepts in the control group

From: The ability of executive functions to predict deterioration in social abstraction in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Executive function

Ability to abstract social concepts (verbal)

Ability to abstract social concepts (performance)

Planning

0.538a

0.277a

Cognitive flexibility

0.399a

0.372a

Inhibition

0.055

0.257a

Verbal fluency

0.277a

0.189

  1. Correlation coefficient (0 = no correlation, −1 or +1 = perfect correlation, between ±0.50 and ±1 = strong correlation, between ±0.30 and ±0.49 = moderate correlation, between zero and 0.29 = weak correlation)
  2. aSignificant at 0.05