Direct Scores (DS) and corrected by age T and scaled scores (SS) | CONTROL GROUP N = 11 Mean ± SD | ASTROCYTOMA VERMIS N = 5 Mean ± SD and Mann-Whitney U | ASTROCYTOMA HEMISPHERE N = 8 Mean ± SD and Mann-Whitney U | MEDULLOBLASTOMA VERMIS N = 5 Mean ± SD and Mann-Whitney U |
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Raven-IQ | DS = 101.58 ± 10.35 T = 51.25 ± 6.91 | DS = 85.40 ± 10.11 T = 40.2 ± 7 U = 6.5, p = 0.009 | DS = 97.75 ± 18.94 T = 48.62 ± 12.67 n.s. | DS = 82 ± 15.11 T = 38.2 ± 10 U = 7.5, p = 0.014 |
WCST Perseverat. Errors | DS = 22.91 ± 19.97 T = 46.75 ± 12.6 | DS = 25.6 ± 26.29 T = 48 ± 16.35 n.s. | DS = 22.57 ± 7.43 T = 44 ± 4.96 n.s. | DS = 37.6 ± 19.08 T = 32.4 ± 11.78 U = 10.5, p = 0.037 |
Stroop-Word | DS = 116.5 ± 6.96 T = 54.5 ± 3.39 | DS = 92.20 ± 21.34 T = 41.8 ± 10.68 U = 13.39, p = 0.003 | DS = 89.75 ± 22.39 T = 40.62 ± 11.13 U = 8.5, p = 0.001 | DS = 71.5 ± 16.13 T = 31.75 ± 8.09 U = 0, p = 0.001 |
Stroop-Colour | DS = 82.66 ± 6.38 T = 51.58 ± 4.46 | DS = 67.40 ± 18.16 T = 41.4 ± 12.32 n.s. | DS = 64.62 ± 12.23 T = 39.5 ± 7.96 U = 6, p < 0.0001 | DS = 50.5 ± 4.79 T = 29.75 ± 3 U = 0, p = 0.001 |
Stroop-Incongruent | DS = 48.25 ± 5.44 T = 53.25 ± 5.44 | DS = 39 ± 13.11 T = 44 ± 13.11 n.s. | DS = 39.25 ± 10.22 T = 44.25 ± 10.22 p = 0.057, n.s. | DS = 28.5 ± 4.2 T = 33.5 ± 4.2 U = 0, p = 0.001 |
Digits span WISC-R verbal scale | DS = 15.42 ± 2.63 SS = 9 ± 2.3 | DS = 8.2 ± 1.3 SS = 4.4 ± 2.3 U = 1.5, p = 0.005 | DS = 9.87 ± 3.75 SS = 6.12 ± 1.55 U = 9, p = 0.029 | DS = 8 ± 5.6 SS = 5.2 ± 2.94 U = 5, p = 0.048 |
Phonologic Fluency | DS = 12.41 ± 4.05 SS = 11.66 ± 3.6 | DS = 8.40 ± 4.03 SS = 8 ± 2.91 U = 11.5, p = 0.048 | DS = 10.62 ± 3.73 SS = 10.12 ± 3.13 n.s. | DS = 8.8 ± 4.08 SS = 6.6 ± 2.19 U = 5.5, p = 0.006 |
Semantic Fluency | DS = 18.41 ± 3.28 SS = 11 ± 2.55 | DS = 12.60 ± 3.04 SS = 6.4 ± 2.4 U = 3.5, p = 0.002 | DS = 16.87 ± 5.30 SS = 9.62 ± 3.33 n.s. | DS = 11.4 ± 3.84 SS = 4.4 ± 1.81 U = 0, p < 0.0001 |