Pupil size shows diminished increases on verbal fluency tasks in patients with behavioral-variant-frontotemporal dementia
While behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is mainly associated with
behavioral, social, cognitive, and emotional impairments, impairments in language can also …
behavioral, social, cognitive, and emotional impairments, impairments in language can also …
Item-Level Analysis of Category Fluency Test Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies of Normal and Neurologically Abnormal Ageing
Abstract While Category Fluency (CF) is widely used to help profile semantic memory, item-
level scoring (ILS) approaches to this test have been proposed to obtain indices that are less …
level scoring (ILS) approaches to this test have been proposed to obtain indices that are less …
Verbal fluency tests assess global cognitive status but have limited diagnostic differentiation: evidence from a large-scale examination of six neurodegenerative …
Verbal fluency is widely used as a clinical test, but its utility in differentiating between
neurodegenerative dementias and progressive aphasias, and from healthy controls …
neurodegenerative dementias and progressive aphasias, and from healthy controls …
A semantic strength and neural correlates in developmental dyslexia
Introduction Most studies of dyslexia focus on domains of impairment (eg, reading and
phonology, among others), but few examine possible strengths. In the present study, we …
phonology, among others), but few examine possible strengths. In the present study, we …
The talking eyes: pupillometry to index verbal fluency in normal aging
Background Verbal fluency tasks are widely used to assess cognitive and linguistic abilities
in older adults. In this study, we investigated whether pupillometry can be used to measure …
in older adults. In this study, we investigated whether pupillometry can be used to measure …
Language assessment in primary progressive aphasia: Which components should be tested?
Introduction Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a dementia syndrome whose onset and
course manifests with language deficits. There is a lack of instruments for clinical …
course manifests with language deficits. There is a lack of instruments for clinical …
Bear in mind: the role of personal background in semantic animal fluency–The SMART-MR study
AP Smit, M Beran, EL Twait, MI Geerlings… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objectives Semantic fluency is a prominent neuropsychological task, typically administered
within the category 'animals'. With the increasing development of novel item-level metrics of …
within the category 'animals'. With the increasing development of novel item-level metrics of …
The association of sociodemographic factors with total and item-level semantic fluency metrics.
M Beran, EL Twait, AP Smit, MF Posthuma… - …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: We aimed to estimate the association of age, education, and sex/gender with
semantic fluency performance as measured by the standard total number of words as well …
semantic fluency performance as measured by the standard total number of words as well …
Patterns of performance on the animal fluency task in logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia: A reflection of phonological and semantic skills
Purpose This study aimed to characterize the quantitative (total number of correct words
generated) and qualitative (psycholinguistic properties of correct words generated) …
generated) and qualitative (psycholinguistic properties of correct words generated) …
Verb frequency and density drive naming performance in primary progressive aphasia
Background Recent work has highlighted the utility of the Boston Naming Test and Hopkins
Action Naming Assessment (HANA) for distinguishing between semantic (svPPA), logopenic …
Action Naming Assessment (HANA) for distinguishing between semantic (svPPA), logopenic …