Category fluency test: effects of age, gender and education on total scores, clustering and switching in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking subjects

Verbal fluency tests are used as a measure of executive functions and language, and can also be used to evaluate semantic memory. We analyzed the influence of education, gender and age on scores in a verbal fluency test using the animal category, and on number of categories, clustering and switching...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Main Authors:	Brucki S.M.D., Rocha M.S.G.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-01-01
Subjects:	Verbal fluency Educational level Neuropsychological tests Category fluency
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001200002