Table 5 Spearman correlations of five most important semantic verbal fluency (sVF) features with significantly predictable attention targets.

From: Comprehensive verbal fluency features predict executive function performance

WAF-G reaction time crossmodal

WAF-R—reaction time correctly announced

Top 5 sVF features

r

P

Top 5 sVF features

r

p

1

Repetition error t3

− 0.09

0.17

1

Repetition error t2

− 0.01

0.93

2

Repetition error t2

− 0.03

0.70

2

Repetition error t1

− 0.09

0.17

3

Latencies 1st quarter t3

0.13

0.06

3

Sequ. mean DIS t1

0.04

0.61

4

Repetition error t1

− 0.05

0.45

4

Cum. mean DIS t1

0.07

0.29

5

Cum. Mean t1

− 0.03

0.59

5

Repetition error t3

0.01

0.88

  1. 1–5 = Top five VF features with regards to predictor performance based on feature importance; correlations with p < 0.1 are marked in bold; significant correlations (p < 0.05) are marked with *.
  2. WAF-G divided attention test; WAF-R spatial attention test.
  3. t1 = VF test (animals); t2 = VF test (jobs); t3 = Switching VF test (sports/fruits); Cum cumulative; Sequ sequential; DIS semantic system DISCO.