Open AccessVerbal fluency as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment
Author(s) -
Michelle N. McDonnell,
Lauren Dill,
Stella E. Panos,
Stacy Amano,
Warren S. Brown,
Shadee Giurgius,
Gary W. Small,
Karen J. Miller
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1741-203X
pISSN - 1041-6102
DOI - 10.1017/s1041610219000644
Subject(s) - verbal fluency test , fluency , psychology , dementia , cognition , clinical psychology , audiology , cognitive psychology , neuropsychology , medicine , disease , psychiatry , pathology , mathematics education
The goal of this study was to evaluate the ability of semantic (animal naming) and phonemic (FAS) fluency in their ability to discriminate between normal aging, amnestic-Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD).