Verbal Knowledge as a Compensation Determinant of Adult Age Differences in Verbal Fluency Tasks over Time

Sauzéon, Hélène; Raboutet, Catriona; Rodrigues, Jérôme; Langevin, Sabine; Schelstraete, Marie‐Anne; Fontaine, P.; Hupet, Michel; N’Kaoua, Bernard

doi:10.1007/s10804-010-9107-6

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“…It should be noted that the level of performance of elderly age groups with a mean age greater than 75 years rapidly decreased. 2,11 Based on these results, we suggest that age-related cognitive decline could be described by the functional changes observed in the present study. The present findings were in line with those of previous studies, suggesting that the name generation function declines with aging.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…15 Because of the degeneration of the brain during aging, older adults in the present study were expected to show a decline in performance in the SVF task. 2 The present study is noteworthy, because it is the first attempt to investigate the effects of age on the performance of a SVF test analyzing 5-s phases within a 30-s period. 2 The present study is noteworthy, because it is the first attempt to investigate the effects of age on the performance of a SVF test analyzing 5-s phases within a 30-s period.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Second, the greatest differences among the age groups were shown in the initial phases (e.g. 2 Normal older adults show progressive slowing in the processing of these tasks. Finally, it took significantly more time to produce the first animal name in both the 75-79 years and 80-84 years age groups compared with both the 60-64 years and 65-69 years age groups.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…first phase and second phase). 2 In addition, they show a reduction in immediate attention span and capacity to inhibit irrelevant stimuli. It should be noted that the level of performance of elderly age groups with a mean age greater than 75 years rapidly decreased.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Initial phase performance in a 30‐s verbal fluency task as being reflective of aging effect

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Kim

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Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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“…Inconsistencies may possibly attributable to different age ranges and education levels of participants in different studies, since age and education has been shown to affect verbal fluency performance (Troyer et al, 1997; Tombaugh et al, 1999; Troyer, 2000; Brucki and Rocha, 2004; Lanting et al, 2009; Sauzéon et al, 2010). …”

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Sex Differences and Menstrual Cycle Dependent Changes in Cognitive Strategies during Spatial Navigation and Verbal Fluency

Scheuringer

Pletzer

2017

Front. Psychol.

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Men typically outperform women in spatial navigation tasks, while the advantage of women in verbal fluency is more controversial. Sex differences in cognitive abilities have been related to sex-specific cognitive strategies on the one hand and sex hormone influences on the other hand. However, sex hormone and menstrual cycle influences on cognitive strategies have not been previously investigated. In the present study we assessed cognitive strategy use during spatial navigation and verbal fluency in 51 men and 49 women. In order to evaluate sex hormone influences, all participants completed two test sessions, which were time-locked to the early follicular (low estradiol and progesterone) and mid-luteal cycle phase (high estradiol and progesterone) in women. As hypothesized, men outperformed women in navigation, whereas women outperformed men in phonemic verbal fluency. Furthermore, women switched more often between categories in the phonemic fluency condition, compared to men, indicating sex-specific strategy use. Sex differences in strategy use during navigation did, however, not follow the expected pattern. Menstrual cycle phase, however, did modulate strategy use during navigation as expected, with improved performance with the landmark strategy in the luteal, compared to the follicular phase. No menstrual cycle effects were observed on clustering or switching during verbal fluency. This suggests a modulation of cognitive strategy use during spatial navigation, but not during verbal fluency, by relative hormone increases during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.

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Verbal fluency and autism: Reframing current data through the lens of monotropism

Grissom,

Finke,

Zane

2023

Autism Research

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The purpose of this study was to reexamine research that used verbal fluency tasks to reinforce assumed deficits in word knowledge and retrieval in the autistic population. We identified seventeen articles that compared the performance of autistic and non‐autistic people on verbal fluency measures and provided an interpretation of the observed performance. In this narrative review, we summarize many components of these studies, including a comprehensive account of how authors framed their research findings. Overall, results of the studies showed variation both between and within groups in terms of total number of correct words, how many subsequent words fell into subcategories, and how frequently participants switched between subcategories. Despite wide variation in findings across studies, authors consistently interpreted results as revealing or reinforcing autistic deficits. To contrast the deficit narrative, we offer an alternative interpretation of findings by considering how they could provide support for the autistic‐led theory of monotropism. This alternative interpretation accounts for the inconsistencies in findings between studies, since wide individual variation in performance is an expected feature of the monotropic theory. We use our review as an exercise in reframing a body of literature from a neurodiversity‐affirming perspective. We propose this as a case example and model for how autism research and clinical practice can move away from the consistent narrative of autism deficits that has pervaded our field for decades. Accordingly, we offer suggestions for future research and clinical practice.

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Verbal Knowledge as a Compensation Determinant of Adult Age Differences in Verbal Fluency Tasks over Time

Cited by 57 publications

References 52 publications

Initial phase performance in a 30‐s verbal fluency task as being reflective of aging effect

Initial phase performance in a 30‐s verbal fluency task as being reflective of aging effect

Sex Differences and Menstrual Cycle Dependent Changes in Cognitive Strategies during Spatial Navigation and Verbal Fluency

Verbal fluency and autism: Reframing current data through the lens of monotropism

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