Standardization and normative data obtained in the Italian population for a new verbal fluency instrument, the phonemic/semantic alternate fluency test

• Published in: Neurological sciences Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 365 - 372
• Main Authors: Costa, Alberto, Bagoj, Eriola, Monaco, Marco, Zabberoni, Silvia, De Rosa, Salvatore, Papantonio, Anna Maria, Mundi, Ciro, Caltagirone, Carlo, Carlesimo, Giovanni Augusto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 01.03.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis of Variance; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests - standards; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Phonetics; Psychiatry; Reference Values; Regression Analysis; Semantics; Sex Factors; Verbal Behavior - physiology; Young Adult; Italy; Neurological diseases; Set-shifting; Cognitive disorders; Neuropsychological assessment; Fluency tests

The phonemic/semantic alternate fluency test seems to overcome some limits of the instruments currently used to assess set-shifting abilities. In particular, this test does not make high demands on motor systems because the subject is required to rapidly change mental set to generate words by contin...