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Altering automatic verbal processes with transcranial direct current stimulation

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Word retrieval during verbal fluency tasks utilizes both automatic and controlled cognitive processes. A distinction has been made between the generation of clusters and switches on verbal fluency tasks.
Tracy D Vannorsdall, David J Schretlen, David J Schretlen, Megan eAndrejczuk, Kerry eLedoux, Laura V Bosley, Jacqueline R Weaver, Richard L Skolasky, Barry eGordon, Barry eGordon   +9 more
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The focus-on-form effects of strategic and on-line planning : an analysis of Japanese oral performance and verbal reports [PDF]

Within the framework of task-based language learning, there has been much research on planning, under the premise that learners' language would be enhanced in planned conditions.
Nitta, Ryo
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The effects of role-play tasks on efl learners oral fluency [PDF]

, 2008
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura CorrespondenteAlthough role-play tasks are present in many EFL classrooms, it is unclear whether ...
Ferreira, Juliana Kumbartzki
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Is semantic verbal fluency impairment explained by executive function deficits in schizophrenia?

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Objective: To investigate if verbal fluency impairment in schizophrenia reflects executive function deficits or results from degraded semantic store or inefficient search and retrieval strategies.
Arthur A. Berberian, Giovanna V. Moraes, Ary Gadelha, Elisa Brietzke, Ana O. Fonseca, Bruno S. Scarpato, Marcella O. Vicente, Alessandra G. Seabra, Rodrigo A. Bressan, Acioly L. Lacerda   +9 more
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Abnormal prefrontal brain activation during a verbal fluency task in bipolar disorder patients with psychotic symptoms using multichannel NIRS

, 2018
Jing-Jing Sun,1,2 Xiao-Min Liu,2 Chen-Yu Shen,2 Kun Feng,1,2 Po-Zi Liu2 1School of Clinical Medicine, Medicine Institute, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; 2Yu Quan Hospital, Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China ...
Liu XM, Sun JJ, Feng K, Shen CY, Liu PZ
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Organizational strategies in verbal fluency as a potential screening tool for Cognitive Impairment in individuals diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis [PDF]

openMultiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic disease of the central nervous system and one of the most frequent causes of non-traumatic neurological disability in young adults.
PEREZ COMINO, FRANCISCO JAVIER
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Reduced prefrontal activation during verbal fluency task in chronic insomnia disorder: a multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study

, 2017
Jing-Jing Sun,1,2 Xiao-Min Liu,2 Chen-Yu Shen,2 Xiao-Qian Zhang,1,2 Gao-Xiang Sun,2 Kun Feng,2 Bo Xu,2 Xia-Jin Ren,1,2 Xiang-Yun Ma,1,2 Po-Zi Liu2 1Medical Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2Department of Psychiatry, YuQuan Hospital, Tsinghua
Liu XM, Sun GX, Sun JJ, Ma XY, Feng K, Shen CY, Xu B, Zhang XQ, Ren XJ, Liu PZ   +9 more
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Semantic, phonologic, and verb fluency in Huntington's disease

Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Verbal fluency tasks have been identified as important indicators of executive functioning impairment in patients with frontal lobe dysfunction. Although the usual evaluation of this ability considers phonologic and semantic criteria, there is some ...
Mariana Jardim Azambuja, Monica Santoro Haddad, Marcia Radanovic, Egberto Reis Barbosa, Letícia Lessa Mansur   +4 more
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Current Understanding of Verbal Fluency in Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence to Date

, 2023
Laura M Wright,1 Matteo De Marco,2 Annalena Venneri2,3 1Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; 2Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UK; 3Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Venneri A, De Marco M, Wright LM
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Executive Processes Underpin the Bilingual Advantage on Phonemic Fluency: Evidence From Analyses of Switching and Clustering

Frontiers in Psychology, 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, John E. Marsh, Patrik Hansson, Daniel Eriksson Sörman, Jessica Körning Ljungberg, Jessica Körning Ljungberg   +5 more
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