Open AccessA Comparison Between the Performances of Verbal and Nonverbal Fluency Tests in Discriminating Between Mild Cognitive Impairments and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Their Brain Morphological Correlates
Author(s) -
Seyul Kwak,
Seong A. Shin,
Hyunwoong Ko,
Hairin Kim,
Dae Jong Oh,
JeIn Youn,
Jun-Young Lee,
Yu Kyeong Kim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
dementia and neurocognitive disorders/dementia and neurocognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2384-0757
pISSN - 1738-1495
DOI - 10.12779/dnd.2022.21.1.17
Subject(s) - verbal fluency test , fluency , psychology , audiology , executive functions , nonverbal communication , cognition , association (psychology) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , neuropsychology , medicine , neuroscience , mathematics education , psychotherapist
Verbal and nonverbal fluency tests are the conventional methods for examining executive function in the elderly population. However, differences in impairments result in fluency tests in patients with mild cognitive impairments (MCIs) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in neural correlates underlying the tests still necessitate concrete evidence.