DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF AGING ON 2 VERBAL FLUENCY TASKS

Authors
TOMER R LEVIN BE
Citation
R. Tomer et Be. Levin, DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF AGING ON 2 VERBAL FLUENCY TASKS, Perceptual and motor skills, 76(2), 1993, pp. 465-466
Citations number
4
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
465 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1993)76:2<465:DOAO2V>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The effect of age on verbal fluency was studied in 84 healthy voluntee rs, ages 45 to 91 years, who performed letter-fluency and semantic-flu ency tasks. Older subjects (75 to 91 yr.) performed as well as younger (50 to 64 yr.) on letter fluency but did significantly worse on seman tic category fluency. This pattern is similar to that observed in Alzh eimer-type dementia.