Table 2 3-factor latent cognitive structure of the two age groups as indicated by exploratory factor analysis. Columns 2 and 3 for the older adults’ group were swapped for easier comparison between the groups. vpa_imm_tot: Verbal Paired associates Immediate Recall, vpa_delay: Verbal Paired associates delayed Recall, vpa_fr_delay: Verbal Paired associates delayed Free Recall, associative_recall: Associative Recall, nihcog_rey: NIH Cognition Rey Auditory Verbal Learning: Immediate Recall, nihcog_psm: NIH Cognition Picture Sequence Memory, shipley_vocab: Shipley Vocabulary, nihcog_orr: NIH Cognition Oral Reading Recognition, nihcog_pva: NIH Cognition Picture Vocabulary, nihcog_lswm: NIH Cognition List Sorting Working Memory, nihcog_dccs: NIH Cognition Dimensional Change Card Sort, nihcog_flanker: NIH Cognition Flanker Inhibitory Control and attention, trails_b.A: trail making Task: B-A, sdmt_oral: symbol digits modality test.
From: The validity of studying healthy aging with cognitive tests measuring different constructs
| Â | Young Adults Group | Older Adults Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factor1 | Factor2 | Factor3 | Factor1 | Factor2 | Factor3 | |
vpa_imm_tot | 0.79 | -0.102 | -0.107 | 0.998 | 0.006 | -0.239 |
vpa_delay | 0.741 | -0.191 | -0.04 | 0.935 | -0.019 | -0.206 |
vpa_fr_delay | 0.446 | -0.041 | -0.079 | 0.771 | 0.056 | -0.050 |
associative_recall | 0.551 | 0.228 | 0 | 0.759 | 0.075 | 0.030 |
nihcog_rey | 0.599 | -0.035 | 0.096 | 0.505 | -0.054 | 0.267 |
nihcog_psm | 0.515 | 0.034 | -0.009 | 0.362 | -0.064 | 0.252 |
shipley_vocab | -0.099 | 0.837 | -0.034 | 0.068 | 0.867 | -0.091 |
nihcog_orr | -0.096 | 0.562 | 0.067 | -0.018 | 0.622 | 0.178 |
nihcog_pva | -0.103 | 0.863 | -0.093 | 0.001 | 0.731 | -0.075 |
nihcog_lswm | 0.152 | 0.498 | 0.088 | 0.084 | 0.032 | 0.307 |
nihcog_dccs | -0.008 | -0.114 | 0.722 | -0.090 | -0.037 | 0.690 |
nihcog_flanker | -0.091 | -0.006 | 0.768 | -0.155 | -0.001 | 0.685 |
trails_b_a | 0.015 | 0.239 | -0.068 | -0.023 | 0.049 | 0.296 |
sdmt_oral | 0.363 | 0.181 | 0.185 | 0.008 | -0.069 | 0.589 |
Eigenvalues | 2.494 | 2.214 | 1.201 | 3.471 | 1.698 | 1.758 |
Proportional variance | 0.178 | 0.158 | 0.086 | 0.248 | 0.121 | 0.126 |
Cumulative variances | 0.178 | 0.336 | 0.422 | 0.248 | 0.369 | 0.495 |
Cronbach alpha | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.7 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.62 |