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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Inhibitory control training reveals a common neurofunctional basis for generic executive functions and language switching in bilinguals

 

IC training group

(N = 20)

Active control group

(N = 19)

Passive control group

(N = 20)

F value/Chi2 value

p value

Age

21.9 (2.0)

22.4 (2.1)

22.6 (2.5)

0.46

0.634

Sex

12 females

10 females

13 females

0.70

0.706

Age of L2 acquisition (AOA)

10.1 (2.4)

8.5 (2.6)

9.4 (2.5)

1.80

0.175

L1 self-rating score

8.2 (1.2)

8.4 (1.2)

8.4 (1.1)

  

L2 self-rating score

5.3 (1.4)

5.3 (1.1)

5.9 (1.2)

  

CET-4 score

516 (52.1)

525 (54.8)

507 (55.0)

0.51

0.604

Fluid intelligence

56.5 (3.5)

56.5 (3.7)

55.1 (3.7)

1.09

0.344

  1. L1: the first language; L2: the second language