Language development has been correlated with specific changes in brain development.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the linguistic‐brain associations that occur from birth …

Cognitive inflexibility is theorized to be an etiological and maintenance factor for self-
injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs). The vast literature on cognitive flexibility and SITB …

This study examined the contributions of verbal ability and executive control to verbal
fluency performance in older adults (n= 82). Verbal fluency was assessed in letter and …

While there is a clear link between impairments of executive functions (EFs), ie cognitive
control mechanisms that facilitate goal-directed behavior, and speech problems, it is so far …

The verbal fluency task is a widely used neuropsychological test of word retrieval efficiency.
Both category fluency (eg, list animals) and letter fluency (eg, list words that begin with F) …

Verbal fluency tasks are generally thought to be mediated by frontal brain regions for letter
fluency and temporal regions for category fluency. This idea, however, is primarily based on …

Aging involves many cognitive declines, particularly in fluid intelligence, with relative
maintenance of crystallized intelligence. This paradox is evident in the language domain …

Men typically outperform women in spatial navigation tasks, while the advantage of women
in verbal fluency is more controversial. Sex differences in cognitive abilities have been …

Sex differences in verbal fluency performance and strategies are highly controversial,
nevertheless suggesting a slight female advantage at least for phonemic fluency. A …

Background Animal fluency is a widely used task to assess people with Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and other neurological disorders. The mechanisms that drive performance in this task …