Verbal fluency in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment in individuals with low educational level and its relationship with reading and writing habits

• Published in: Dementia & neuropsychologia Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 300 - 307
• Main Authors: Tessaro, Bruna, Hermes-Pereira, Andressa, Schilling, Lucas Porcello, Fonseca, Rochele Paz, Kochhann, Renata, Hübner, Lilian Cristine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 01.09.2020; Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento; Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
• Subjects: Alzheimer’s Disease; CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; fluency; GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY; habits; HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; Mild Cognitive Impairment; NURSING; Original; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; reading; schooling; writing; habits; Alzheimer’s Disease; writing; fluency; reading; Mild Cognitive Impairment; schooling; escrita; hábitos; Doença de Alzheimer; leitura; escolaridade; fluência; Comprometimento Cognitivo Leve

Verbal fluency (VF) has contributed to building cognitive maps as well as differentiating healthy populations from those with dementia. Objectives: To compare the performance of healthy controls and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in two semantic VF tasks (...