Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance?
Background : Performance on the verb fluency (VF) task may be influenced by administration procedures and demographic factors of each population. Objective : The aim of this study was to verify whether the previous administration of semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tasks can influence performan...
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| description | Background : Performance on the verb fluency (VF) task may be influenced by administration procedures and demographic factors of each population. Objective : The aim of this study was to verify whether the previous administration of semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tasks can influence performance on VF; and to analyze the correlation of VF performance with education, age and type of errors in Brazilian healthy elderly. Methods : Sixty-two participants were subdivided into experimental (semantic and the phonemic fluency tasks were administered before the VF) and control groups (VF only). The total score and the types of errors on the VF task were determined. Additional information was computed for the correlational analysis. Results : VF performance did not differ statistically between experimental and control groups, but correlated positively with education and negatively with intrusions. Conclusion : The lack of influence of other verbal fluency tasks on performance of the VF task in elderly individuals allows the use of this order of administration. A strong influence of educational level on VF task performance reinforces the need for further studies in different populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e8462a905254e66b11a7ea397ea81a82022-12-21T19:00:05ZengAssociação Neurologia Cognitiva e do ComportamentoDementia & Neuropsychologia1980-5764101313610.1590/s1980-57642016dn10100006S1980-57642016000100031Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance?Bárbara Costa BeberMárcia L.F. ChavesBackground : Performance on the verb fluency (VF) task may be influenced by administration procedures and demographic factors of each population. Objective : The aim of this study was to verify whether the previous administration of semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tasks can influence performance on VF; and to analyze the correlation of VF performance with education, age and type of errors in Brazilian healthy elderly. Methods : Sixty-two participants were subdivided into experimental (semantic and the phonemic fluency tasks were administered before the VF) and control groups (VF only). The total score and the types of errors on the VF task were determined. Additional information was computed for the correlational analysis. Results : VF performance did not differ statistically between experimental and control groups, but correlated positively with education and negatively with intrusions. Conclusion : The lack of influence of other verbal fluency tasks on performance of the VF task in elderly individuals allows the use of this order of administration. A strong influence of educational level on VF task performance reinforces the need for further studies in different populations.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642016000100031&lng=en&tlng=enfluência verbalfluência de verbosenvelhecimentoidosoteste neuropsicológiconeuropsicologia |
| spellingShingle | Bárbara Costa Beber Márcia L.F. Chaves Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance? Dementia & Neuropsychologia fluência verbal fluência de verbos envelhecimento idoso teste neuropsicológico neuropsicologia |
| title | Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance? |
| title_full | Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance? |
| title_fullStr | Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance? |
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| title_short | Does previous presentation of verbal fluency tasks affect verb fluency performance? |
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| topic | fluência verbal fluência de verbos envelhecimento idoso teste neuropsicológico neuropsicologia |
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