| Effects of age, education and gender on verbal fluency. | |
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PMID: 14566579 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The objective was to study the effects of age, education and gender on verbal fluency in cognitively unimpaired, older individuals. The methods used were as follows: cognitively unimpaired elderly (55-84 years) subjects (n=153), were administered category (animal) (CF) and letter (/pa/) (LF) fluency tasks, in their native language of Malayalam. Results and conclusions were (1) Level of education, but not age or gender, significantly influence LF. (2) Level of education (directly) and in the elderly subjects, age (inversely) affect CF. (3) Age, but not education, has a differential effect on the tasks of verbal fluency, influencing CF more than LF. |
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Authors:
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P S Mathuranath; A George; P J Cherian; A Alexander; S G Sarma; P S Sarma |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Volume: 25 ISSN: 1380-3395 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol Publication Date: 2003 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-10-20 Completed Date: 2003-12-29 Revised Date: 2008-04-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8502170 Medline TA: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1057-64 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurology, Cognition and Behavioral Neurology Center, Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India. mathu@sctimst.ac.in |
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Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging / physiology* Educational Status Female Humans Language* Language Tests Male Mental Status Schedule Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests Sex Factors Verbal Behavior / physiology* Verbal Learning / physiology* |
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