Table 3: Adjusted comparison of personality traits across neurocognitive constructs.
| Neurocognitive variables |
Extraversion ≥ 59.38 |
Agreeableness ≥ 83.33 |
Conscientiousness ≥ 80.56 |
Neuroticism ≥ 34.38 |
Openness ≥ 70 |
| Memory |
56.25 (50.68, 61.83)* |
58.74 (53.25, 64.22) |
57.02 (51.56, 62.47)* |
61.75 (56.34, 67.17)* |
58.16 (52.49, 63.83)* |
| Past memory |
73.92 (69.58, 78.26) |
75.48 (71.29, 79.67) |
73.91 (69.65, 78.17) |
76.32 (72.02, 80.63)* |
73.87 (69.62, 78.13) |
| Episodic memory |
51.16 (47.54, 54.78) |
50.97 (47.53, 54.42) |
51.14 (47.67, 54.62) |
50.48 (46.9, 54.05) |
52.27 (48.8, 55.74)* |
| Similarities |
48.8 (45.71, 51.88) |
49.15 (46.09, 52.21) |
48.68 (45.61, 51.75) |
47.89 (44.98, 50.81) |
49.74 (46.73, 52.76)* |
| Vocabulary |
49.22 (45.71, 52.74) |
49.02 (45.73, 52.31) |
48.85 (45.39, 52.31) |
48.58 (45.61, 51.56) |
51.2 (48.12, 54.28)* |
| Matrix reasoning |
49.5 (46.88, 52.12) |
49.5 (46.98, 52.02) |
49.9 (47.24, 52.57) |
49.54 (47.11, 51.96) |
50.92 (48.45, 53.38)* |
| Block design |
45.48 (43.23, 47.74) |
45.92 (43.71, 48.14)* |
46.75 (44.5, 49) |
46.11 (43.92, 48.31) |
47.22 (45.04, 49.41)* |
| Auditory working memory |
509.65 (504.84, 514.46) |
509.05 (504.33, 513.77) |
509.39 (504.55, 514.23) |
508.73 (503.86, 513.61) |
510.11 (505.13, 515.09)* |
| Calculation |
517.95 (514.27, 521.62) |
518.02 (514.41, 521.64)* |
518.73 (515.06, 522.4) |
517.03 (513.57, 520.49) |
518.9 (515.16, 522.63)* |
| Concept formation |
498.45 (492.92, 503.98) |
497.89 (492.56, 503.22) |
499.79 (494.25, 505.32) |
497.44 (492.09, 502.78) |
499.21 (493.78, 504.64)* |
| Number series |
503.98 (498.61, 509.34) |
503.37 (498.17, 508.58)* |
504.16 (498.81, 509.52) |
502.13 (497.02, 507.24) |
505.21 (499.71, 510.71)* |
| Picture vocabulary |
544.52 (537.69, 551.34) |
545.22 (538.76, 551.68) |
543.57 (536.92, 550.22) |
544.31 (538.19, 550.42) |
549.74 (543.79, 555.7)* |
| Retrieval fluency |
24.83 (22.67, 26.98)* |
23.88 (21.85, 25.91) |
24.22 (22.1, 26.34) |
22.81 (20.83, 24.78) |
24.89 (22.87, 26.9)* |
| Spatial relations |
62.43 (59.57, 65.3) |
62.37 (59.44, 65.3) |
63.06 (60.09, 66.03) |
61.89 (59.01, 64.77) |
63.9 (61.13, 66.67)* |
| Verbal analogies |
501.42 (496.2, 506.64) |
500.9 (496.22, 505.57)* |
501.92 (496.81, 507.03) |
502.09 (497.26, 506.93) |
505.28 (500.16, 510.41)* |
| Visual matching |
67.05 (63.9, 70.19) |
66.64 (63.38, 69.9) |
67.47 (64.26, 70.68) |
65.38 (62.18, 68.57) |
66.6 (63.38, 69.82)* |
| Word attack |
512.98 (503.36, 522.6) |
513.62 (503.93, 523.31) |
514.31 (504.32, 524.3) |
512.91 (502.88, 522.94) |
515.44 (505.1, 525.78)* |
| Cognitive enjoyment |
54.44 (49.33, 59.55)* |
52.12 (47.29, 56.94) |
54.07 (49.08, 59.05)* |
51.37 (46.75, 56) |
59.56 (55.48, 63.64)* |
| Cognitive effort |
58.67 (53.07, 64.26)* |
56.25 (50.53, 61.96) |
59.04 (53.35, 64.73)* |
51.81 (46.44, 57.19)* |
62.3 (55.85, 68.75)* |
| Switching |
97.3 (95.28, 99.32) |
96.57 (94.45, 98.69) |
96.28 (94.16, 98.4) |
96.16 (94.02, 98.31) |
97.45 (95.46, 99.43) |
| Vigilance test |
46.22 (42.87, 49.56) |
46.42 (43.13, 49.7) |
45.78 (42.33, 49.23) |
45.62 (42.18, 49.05) |
46.02 (42.66, 49.38) |
footnotes: * - significantly associated variables with p value < 0.05.