Impaired generation of new subcategories and switching in a semantic verbal fluency test in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

The semantic verbal fluency task is broadly used in the neuropsychological assessment of elderly subjects. Even some studies have identified differences in verbal fluency clustering and switching measures between subjects with normal aging and a clinical condition such as Mild Cognitive Impairment (...

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Main Authors: Laiss eBertola, Maria Luiza eCunha Lima, Marco Aurelio Romano-Silva, Edgar Nunes Moraes, Breno Satler Oliveira Diniz, Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00141/full