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What do verbal fluency tasks measure? Predictors of verbal fluency performance in older adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 This study examined the contributions of verbal ability and executive control to verbal fluency performance in older adults (n = 82). Verbal fluency was assessed in letter and category fluency tasks, and performance on these tasks was related to indicators of vocabulary size, lexical access speed, updating, and inhibition ability.
Zeshu Shao +2 more
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Verbal fluency and risk of dementia [PDF]
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019 ObjectiveVerbal fluency is a common neuropsychological test that is impaired in dementia. We test whether verbal fluency is a prospective risk factor for incident dementia, cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND), and conversion from CIND to dementia.MethodsParticipants (N = 18 189) from the Health and Retirement Study were administered a standard ...
Angelina R Sutin +2 more
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Association between psychosocial and functional factors and language and verbal fluency performance in older adults [PDF]
Revista CEFAC, 2022 Purpose: to identify psychosocial and functional factors associated with language and verbal fluency performance in older adults. Methods: a study conducted with 149 older adults registered in a primary health care service in a city in inland São Paulo.
Helen Capeleto Francisco +7 more
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Verbal Fluency in Metabolic Syndrome [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2022 Metabolic syndrome (MetS) or otherwise insulin resistance (IR) is described as a cluster of several commonly occurring disorders, including abdominal obesity; lipids disorders, such as hypertriglyceridemia; and low levels of high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), hypertension (≥130/85 mmHg), and carbohydrates disorders, such as impaired fasting ...
Marcin Gierach +2 more
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Brain Stimulation, 2021 Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder that results in movement-related dysfunction and has variable cognitive impairment.
Darrin J. Lee +19 more
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Non-Verbal and Verbal Fluency in Prodromal Huntington's Disease [PDF]
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2015 <b><i>Background:</i></b> This study examines non-verbal (design) and verbal (phonemic and semantic) fluency in prodromal Huntington's disease (HD). An accumulating body of research indicates subtle deficits in cognitive functioning among prodromal mutation carriers for HD.
Wahlin, Tarja-Brita Robins +3 more
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Math and verbal fluency across adulthood provide insights into aging and individual differences. [PDF]
Sci RepLife expectancy is increasing, leading to a growing population of older adults. Although cognitive functions decline with age, mathematical functioning in later adulthood has received relatively limited research attention.
Gliksman Y, Schwarz I, Naparstek S.
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Can Phonemic Verbal Fluency Be Used to Predict Alzheimer's Disease? [PDF]
NeuroSciBackground: Among the cognitive markers, the deterioration of semantic and phonemic verbal fluency seems to be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
García-González S.
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Apathy and Reduced Speed of Processing Underlie Decline in Verbal Fluency following DBS
Behavioural Neurology, 2017 Objective. Reduced verbal fluency is a strikingly uniform finding following deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The precise cognitive mechanism underlying this reduction remains unclear, but theories have suggested reduced ...
Jennifer A. Foley +5 more
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Changes in Verbal Fluency in Parkinson's Disease [PDF]
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2016 AbstractBackgroundThe test for semantic verbal fluency is quick and easy to administer. Decreases in semantic verbal fluency would suggest executive dysfunction among individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).MethodsThe National Parkinson Foundation's Outcomes Project is a multicenter study that seeks to determine best practices in PD management.
Liana S, Rosenthal +8 more
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