Introduction: Clinically relevant information can go uncaptured in the conventional scoring of
a verbal fluency test. We hypothesize that characterizing the temporal aspects of the …

Objective To investigate whether automatic analysis of the Semantic Verbal Fluency test
(SVF) is reliable and can extract additional information that is of value for identifying …

Background: Semantic verbal fluency (SVF) tests are routinely used in screening for mild
cognitive impairment (MCI). In this task, participants name as many items as possible of a …

Introduction: We studied the accuracy of the automatic speech recognition (ASR) software by
comparing ASR scores with manual scores from a verbal learning test (VLT) and a semantic …

Background: Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are widely used in neuropsychological evaluations,
as a measure of executive/semantic dysfunction. The revised criteria for Alzheimer's disease …

Cognitive tests of verbal fluency (VF) consist of verbalizing as many words as possible in
one minute that either start with a specific letter of the alphabet or belong to a specific …

Objectives The present study aimed to characterize changes in verbal fluency performance
across the lifespan using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) …

Objectives: 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 …

Effective management of dementia hinges on timely detection and precise diagnosis of the
underlying cause of the syndrome at an early mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stage. Verbal …

Aim: Although clinicians primarily diagnose dementia based on a combination of metrics
such as medical history and formal neuropsychological tests, recent work using linguistic …