Measures of phonemic and semantic verbal fluency, such as FAS and Animal Fluency
(Benton, Hamsher, & Sivan, 1989), are often thought to be measures of executive …

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether phonemic and semantic verbal
fluency were more related to aspects of language processing than executive functioning …

Objective: Verbal fluency measures are frequently part of batteries designed to assess
executive function (EF), but are also used to assess semantic processing ability or word …

Letter and semantic fluency tasks are often used in neuropsychological assessment and are
sensitive to many conditions. Performance is assessed by correct responses and errors …

Measures of word fluency have been convincingly linked in the literature to damage in the
left prefrontal lobe region. Yet, a reduction in word fluency has also been reported with …

The relationship of verbal fluency to executive functions (EFs) remains somewhat unclear.
Verbal fluency is sometimes considered an EF ability, but is not often included in the same …

The objective was to study the effects of age, education and gender on verbal fluency in
cognitively unimpaired, older individuals. The methods used were as follows: cognitively …

Abstract The Verbal Fluency Task (FAS), sensitive indicator of brain injury, was examined in
a population of healthy elderly (N= 199, aged 40 to 89 years). The present study was …

Verbal fluency tasks have long been used to assess and estimate group and individual
differences in executive functioning in both cognitive and neuropsychological research …

Tests of verbal fluency, whether of Semantic Fluency (SF) or Phonological Fluency (PF), are
often used as a standard method of neuropsychological assessment. However, very little …