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Language fluency and earnings: Estimation with misclassified language indicators [PDF]

, 2001
We use panel data to analyze the determinants of speaking fluency and wages of immigrants. Our model takes account of two problems that may bias OLS estimates of the impact of speaking fluency on earnings.
Arthur van Soest, van Soest, A.H.O.; id_orcid, Christian Dustmann, Dustmann, C., Dustmann, C, van Soest, A.H.O., van Soest, A   +6 more
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Transdiagnostic Analysis of Verbal Fluency across Autism Spectrum Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Neurotypical Healthy Control Groups

European Psychiatry
Introduction Verbal fluency, a cognitive function that reflects executive functions and the rapid retrieval of pertinent information from memory, has yielded inconsistent findings in previous research on autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however in ...
F. Kinga, E. J. Zarka, O. Pesthy
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Association Between Language Performance and Functional Status in Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders

Journal of Ageing and Longevity
Background: Language impairment is a core feature of Major Neurocognitive Disorder (MND), yet the domain-specific relationship between language functioning and everyday functional status remains insufficiently characterized.
Maria Claudia Moretti, Iris Bonfitto, Vincenzo Giorgio, Luciano Nieddu, Ivana Leccisotti, Savino Dimalta, Giovanni Moniello, Antonello Bellomo, Mario Altamura, Francesco Panza, Madia Lozupone   +10 more
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Are Verbal Fluency and Nonliteral Language Comprehension Deficits Related to Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease?

Parkinson's Disease, 2012
Depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) is frequently associated with executive deficits, which can influence nonliteral comprehension and lexical access.
Christina Tremblay, Oury Monchi, Carol Hudon, Joël Macoir, Laura Monetta   +4 more
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The associations of negative and disorganization symptoms with verbal fluency in schizophrenia: the mediation effect of processing speed and cognitive flexibility

BMC Psychiatry
Background Psychopathological symptoms appear important for cognitive functions in schizophrenia. Nevertheless, the factors and their impact on relationships between negative or disorganization symptoms and verbal fluency are still debatable.
Ernest Marek Tyburski, Ewa Zawadzka, Adrianna Bober, Ewa Karabanowicz, Piotr Podwalski, Jerzy Samochowiec, Anna Michalczyk, Leszek Sagan, Ashok Jansari, Shane T. Mueller, Michał Harciarek, Błażej Misiak, Karolina Lutkiewicz, Krzysztof Wietrzyński, Jolanta Kucharska-Mazur, Artur Reginia, Monika Mak   +16 more
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Comparison of changes in brain glucose metabolism between the subgroups (A) with and without impaired phonemic fluency and (B) with and without impaired semantic fluency.

, 2015
Comparison of changes in brain glucose metabolism between the subgroups (A) with and without impaired phonemic fluency and (B) with and without impaired semantic fluency.
Sophie Drapier (251039), Dominique Drapier (251026), Claire Haegelen (251018), Aurore Esquevin (811220), Pierre Jannin (811222), Thibaut Dondaine (251023), Jean-François Houvenaghel (811219), Julie Péron (251008), Florence Le Jeune (251014), Soizic Argaud (811224), Gabriel Hadrien Robert (811221), Paul Sauleau (251030), Clément Lozachmeur (811223), Marc Vérin (251049), Joan Duprez (811225)   +14 more
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Verbal fluency and working memory deficit in first-degree relatives of autistic children

مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2012
Background and Objective: Autism spectrum disorder is a genetic-based cognitive and neurobehavioral disorder characterized by impairment in social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication and repetitive motor behavior.
Nejati V, Izadi-Najafabadi S
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Linguistic and cultural factors associated with phonemic fluency performance in bilingual Hispanics [PDF]

, 2013
Verbal fluency tasks are used extensively in clinical settings because of their sensitivity to a wide variety of disorders, including cognitive decline and dementia, and their usefulness in differential diagnoses.
Bennett, Jennifer
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Modulating phonemic fluency performance in healthy subjects with transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left or right lateral frontal cortex

, 2017
A growing body of evidence have suggested that non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), can improve the performance of aphasic patients in language ...
Giuseppa Renata Mangano, SMIRNI, Daniela, OLIVERI, Massimiliano, Martina Bracco, Patrizia Turriziani, Bracco, Martina, MANGANO, Giuseppa Renata, CIPOLOTTI, Lisa, TURRIZIANI, Patrizia, Daniela Smirni, Massimiliano Oliveri, Lisa Cipolotti   +11 more
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Phonemic Verbal Fluency to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease?

Background: Among the cognitive markers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tasks seem to be an early indicator of deterioration. The aims of this study are 1) to evaluate both types of Verbal Fluency in the early stages of AD in order to know which of them deteriorates earlier and, 2) to investigate if Verbal Fluency ...
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