Performance of Brazilian children on phonemic and semantic verbal fluency tasks

Abstract The most used verbal fluency paradigms are semantic and letter fluency tasks. Studies suggest that these paradigms access semantic memory and executive function and are sensitive to frontal lobe disturbances. There are few studies in Brazilian samples on these paradigms. Objective: The pre...

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Main Authors: Helenice Charchat-Fichman, Rosinda Martins Oliveira, Andreza Morais da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642011000200078&lng=en&tlng=en