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Verbal fluency task performance in persons with moderate intellectual disability [PDF]

open access: yesSpecijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2018
Verbal fluency is an indicator of the executive functions and mental lexicon. The aim of this paper is to determine phonemic and semantic productivity in persons with moderate intellectual disability (ID). The sample consisted of 58 persons with moderate
Gligorović Milica   +3 more
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Primary school teachers' knowledge of phonemic awareness and its importance as a factor in learning to read [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The purpose of this research was to gain an understanding of the knowledge that teachers in New Zealand primary school classrooms have in regard to phonemic awareness, their understanding of its importance as a factor in learning to read, and the methods
Clark, Linda Kaye
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Reduced Verbal Fluency following Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation: A Frontal-Related Cognitive Deficit?

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
ObjectiveThe decrease in verbal fluency in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) undergoing subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is usually assumed to reflect a frontal lobe-related cognitive dysfunction, although evidence for this is ...
Jean-François Houvenaghel   +14 more
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Normative data for healthy elderly on the phonemic verbal fluency task - FAS [PDF]

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia, 2009
Abstract Phonemic verbal fluency tests assess the production of words beginning with specific letters. Of these letters, the most frequently used are F, A and S. It is a sensitive test for assessing frontal lobe functions. Objective: To provide normative data for the elderly Brazilian population on the FAS test and to investigate the effects of age ...
Machado, Thais Helena   +9 more
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Shared and distinct anatomical correlates of semantic and phonemic fluency revealed by lesion-symptom mapping in patients with ischemic stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Semantic and phonemic fluency tasks are frequently used to test executive functioning, speed and attention, and access to the mental lexicon. In semantic fluency tasks, subjects are required to generate words belonging to a category (e.g., animals ...
Birgitta K. Velthuis   +11 more
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Striatal volume is related to phonemic verbal fluency but not to semantic or alternating verbal fluency in early Parkinson’s disease [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neural Transmission, 2013
Verbal fluency impairments are frequent in Parkinson's disease (PD) and they may be present already at early stages. Semantic fluency impairment is associated with Parkinson's disease dementia and temporal, frontal and cerebellar cortical changes. Few studies have addressed cerebral structural correlates of different verbal fluency tasks in early stage
Ellfolk, Ulla   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Learning to Read in an Intermediate Depth Orthography: The Longitudinal Role of Grapheme Sounding on Different Types of Reading Fluency

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
Phonological processing skills, such as phonological awareness, are known predictors of reading acquisition in alphabetic languages with varying degrees of orthographic complexity.
Sandra Fernandes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage on Word Generation

open access: yesBehavioural Neurology, 2014
Background. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) survivors commonly exhibit impairment on phonemic and semantic fluency tests; however, it is unclear which of the contributing cognitive processes are compromised in aSAH patients.
Daniella Ladowski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Verbal Fluency Interventions: Phonemic versus Semantic Fluency Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease

open access: yes, 2023
•Relevant Literature and Background –Verbal Fluency Tasks –Parkinson’s Disease •Practice Activity –Phonemic and Semantic Trials •Discussion of the Study –Methods –Results ...
Connelly, Brian
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Table_1_Executive Processes Underpin the Bilingual Advantage on Phonemic Fluency: Evidence From Analyses of Switching and Clustering.DOCX

open access: yes, 2019
Bilinguals often show a disadvantage in lexical access on verbal fluency tasks wherein the criteria require the production of words from semantic categories.
John E. Marsh (6828404)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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