Associations between Executive Functions and Sensorimotor Performance in Children at Risk for Learning Disabilities

Table 4

Statistical results and descriptive statistics regarding the differences between typically developing children (TD) and children at risk for learning difficulties (RLD) in terms of executive function (EF) tasks.

	TD children; M (SD)	RLD children; M (SD)	Mann–Whitney U; df
EF tasks
Go/Nogo
Go	.95 (.06)	.92 (.06)	610	.002
NoGo	.90 (1.10)	.82 (.15)	672	.009
Card sort
Total	.85 (2.88)	.82 (2.93)	925	.313
Preswitch	1.0 (.0)	.98 (0.13)
Postswitch	1.0 (.0)	1.0 (.0)
Border phase	.71 (.24)	.67 (.22)	937	.362
Mean RI preswitch	2.35 (.82)	2.95 (1.24)	696	.005
Mean RI postswitch	2.24 (.90)	2.80 (1.18)	682	.004
Mean RI border phase	4.46 (1.88)	4.59 (1.46)	919	.297
Sentence repetition	.84 (.12)	.57 (.28)	397	<.001

Note: Mann-Whiney U was not available because of the ceiling effect.