Verbal fluency was operationalized as the number of words produced in a restricted
category (ie, semantic category [SCF] and words beginning with a given letter [ILF]) in 60 …

Participants were asked to generate as many words as possible using large and small
category sizes with the initial letter and semantic category search strategies. The production …

We investigated age-related improvement in semantic category verbal fluency (VF) in 309
Dutch schoolchildren attending first to ninth grade. Quantitative analyses of number of …

In verbal fluency (VF) tests, subjects articulate words in a specified category during a short
test period (typically 60 s). Verbal fluency tests are widely used to study language …

The performance of ADHD children on semantic category fluency (SCF) versus initial letter
fluency (ILF) tasks was examined. For each participant, word production was recorded for …

Verbal fluency or word generation tasks are among the most common tests used in clinical
neuropsychological evaluation. Administration of fluency tasks involves allowing a limited …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the pattern of performance on letter and
category fluency tests of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Previous research …

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 …

Although verbal fluency is a frequently used neuropsychological test, little is known about
the underlying cognitive processes. The authors proposed that 2 important components of …

Semantic verbal fluency tasks are commonly used in neuropsychological assessment.
Investigations of the influence of level of literacy have not yielded consistent results in the …