Developmental Aspects of Verbal Fluency and Confrontation Naming in Children

Riva, Daria; Nichelli, Francesca; Devoti, Monica

doi:10.1006/brln.1999.2166

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“…Their level of performance on this animal fluency task is not lower than what has been reported in primarily white children from middle class backgrounds in the United States (Halperin et al, 1989) or Canadian, English-speaking children (Regard et al, 1982). Also, the present normative findings are compatible with norms obtained from Italian children studied in the province of Milan (Riva et al, 2000). It should be noted that despite their minority status and socioeconomic background, all children in the present investigation were not requiring special education services and their estimated intellectual ability was within the average range.…”

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“…Effect sizes for age (which covaries with grade level) typically account for about 25% of the variance with correlations being in the range of 1.50 for school-age children, ages 6 through 14 (Matute et al, 2004). Differences in rapid generation of animal names between boys and girls, during the school-age years, are often not found (Ardila & Rosselli, 1994;Halperin et al, 1989;Riva et al, 2000) and if they are reported, gender differences are minimal (Regard et al, 1982).…”

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Verbal (animal) fluency scores in age/grade appropriate minority children from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Prigatano

Lomay

2007

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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Two hundred-thirteen children in grades 1 through 8 were asked to rapidly generate as many names of animals as they could in 60 seconds. These children were age appropriate for their grade level in school, did not receive any form of special education services, and as a group showed (estimated) average intellectual ability. They were primarily from minority (particularly Hispanic) backgrounds and came from families with low socioeconomic status. Normative data are presented. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that the age range0grade level score accounted for 21.5% of the variability in fluency scores and the Vocabulary level of the child accounted for an additional 5.7%. Level of performance on this animal fluency task was not lower than what has been reported in primarily white children from middle socioeconomic backgrounds. (JINS, 2008, 14, 143-147.)

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Verbal (animal) fluency scores in age/grade appropriate minority children from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Prigatano

Lomay

2007

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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“…Semantic fluency involves strategic scheduling and monitoring [22]. Performance increases linearly in children between the ages of 5 and 12 years [23] and small, but robust decrements were found in elderly compared with young adults [24].…”

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Lifespan changes in multi-tasking: Concurrent walking and memory search in children, young, and older adults

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“…1) The intellectual profile was evaluated using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of IntelligenceThird Edition (WPPSI-III), 25 the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III), 26 and the GMDS-R. 2) We used the Language Assessment Test for children ages 3 -6 years and the Boston Naming Test 28 and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test 10 for children > 6 years to evaluate lexical naming and comprehension, respectively. Verbal fluency was used for semantic and phonological access.…”

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“…Verbal fluency was used for semantic and phonological access. 28 3) The mean of the 3 subtests (Digit Span, Coding, and Arithmetic) of the Wechsler scale that were administered was calculated for the evaluation of global attention, whereas the Bell Cancellation Test 6 and the Selective Attention component from the Leiter-R were used to evaluate visual attention. 4) Memory functions were examined using the Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL).…”

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Preoperative neuropsychological and behavioral evaluation of children with thalamic tumors

Chieffo

Tamburrini

Caldarelli

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Object Functional involvement of the thalamus in cognitive processing has been only anecdotally reported in the literature, and these cases are mostly related to thalamic hemorrhages; there is no available information on cognitive development in children with thalamic tumors. Methods All children admitted with a diagnosis of thalamic tumor at the authors' institution between January 2008 and January 2011 were considered for the present study. Exclusion criteria were age less than 18 months and the presence of severe neurological deficits, both of which prevented a reliable neuropsychological evaluation. A complete preoperative neuropsychological evaluation was performed. Results Twenty children were selected (mean age 102.4 months). Total IQ was in the normal range in all patients (mean 90.1, SD 13.87) with a significant difference between verbal IQ (mean 97.70, SD 17.77) and performance IQ (mean 84.82, SD 17.01). A significant correlation was found between global cognitive impairment and a histological finding of low-grade tumors (p < 0.001). Children with a mesial thalamic tumor had a higher working memory deficit and delayed recall disorders (p < 0.001). Naming disorders were related to the presence of a bilateral (p < 0.001) or mesial (p < 0.001) thalamic tumor, without a significant difference between left or right hemisphere involvement. A significant correlation was also found between the presence of neurolinguistic disorders and mesially located tumors (p < 0.001). Children with right-sided tumors more frequently had constructional apraxia and executive function disorders (p < 0.001). Conclusions The present study suggests that thalamic tumors in different locations might have specific neuropsychological profiles.

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Developmental Aspects of Verbal Fluency and Confrontation Naming in Children

Cited by 214 publications

References 17 publications

Verbal (animal) fluency scores in age/grade appropriate minority children from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Verbal (animal) fluency scores in age/grade appropriate minority children from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Lifespan changes in multi-tasking: Concurrent walking and memory search in children, young, and older adults

Preoperative neuropsychological and behavioral evaluation of children with thalamic tumors

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