The Diagnostic Value of Controlled Oral Word Association Test-FAS and Category Fluency in Single-Domain Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment | Zendy

Michael MalekAhmadi | Zendy; Brent J. Small | Zendy; Ashok Raj | Zendy

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The Diagnostic Value of Controlled Oral Word Association Test-FAS and Category Fluency in Single-Domain Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Author(s) -

Michael MalekAhmadi,

Brent J. Small,

Ashok Raj

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1421-9824

pISSN - 1420-8008

DOI - 10.1159/000334525

Subject(s) - fluency , psychology , verbal fluency test , raw score , audiology , recall , boston naming test , cognition , association (psychology) , test (biology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , neuropsychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychiatry , psychotherapist , paleontology , mathematics education , biology , philosophy , epistemology , normative

Recent studies have shown that decreases in both letter fluency and category fluency may be present in addition to memory impairment in single-domain amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However, the clinical utility of these fluency measures is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine what, if any, diagnostic value letter and category fluency provide in differentiating single-domain aMCI from normal cognition.

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