OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the performance on verbal fluency (VF) in our population in a Brazilian sample checking the influence of age and literacy. METHODS: 336 people without neurological or psychiatric complaints evaluated through Mini-Mental State Examination and VF (animals). For comparison, and to determine cut-off points, 65 people with cognitive loss followed at our clinic were also evaluated. RESULTS: We found a mean of 13.8 animals in 1 minute, with the following distribution: illiterates, 11.9; up 4 years of education, 12.8; 4 to 7 years, 13.4; 8 years or more, 15.8 (p= 0.0001). In relation to age the means were: up to 64 years, 13.7; 65 years or more, 13.9. There was no difference between the two groups. The cut-off points were 9 for ...
The following article aims to investigate and evaluate the neuropsychological language aspects of tr...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability to read and...
Preschool age is a critical period in executive functions development. Currently, in Brazil, there i...
INTRODUCTION: The preservation of oral comprehension in the elderly is correlated with the preservat...
This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the ass...
Mini-metal state examination (MMSE) is a screening test to detect cognitive impairment. The objectiv...
PURPOSE: To describe the judgement of the concreteness of a set of 162 Brazilian Portuguese words, p...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In order to properly assess language, sociodemographic variables that can inf...
BACKGROUND: Low educational level is common among Brazilian elderly and can affect the results of us...
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This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the schooling on abstraction capacity. Such capacity wa...
The correction of the age of pre-term infants for the motor evaluation has been the accepted practic...
Objective: To show data on the performance of healthy subjects in the Frontal Assessment Battery (FA...
The objective was to provide evidences of construct validity of the NEUPSILIN Brief Neuropsychologic...
The present study was aimed at verifying the relation between depressive symptoms and school perform...
The following article aims to investigate and evaluate the neuropsychological language aspects of tr...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability to read and...
Preschool age is a critical period in executive functions development. Currently, in Brazil, there i...
INTRODUCTION: The preservation of oral comprehension in the elderly is correlated with the preservat...
This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the ass...
Mini-metal state examination (MMSE) is a screening test to detect cognitive impairment. The objectiv...
PURPOSE: To describe the judgement of the concreteness of a set of 162 Brazilian Portuguese words, p...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In order to properly assess language, sociodemographic variables that can inf...
BACKGROUND: Low educational level is common among Brazilian elderly and can affect the results of us...
Introdução: A queixa subjetiva de memória nos idosos é uma das principais intervenções do enfermeiro...
This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the schooling on abstraction capacity. Such capacity wa...
The correction of the age of pre-term infants for the motor evaluation has been the accepted practic...
Objective: To show data on the performance of healthy subjects in the Frontal Assessment Battery (FA...
The objective was to provide evidences of construct validity of the NEUPSILIN Brief Neuropsychologic...
The present study was aimed at verifying the relation between depressive symptoms and school perform...
The following article aims to investigate and evaluate the neuropsychological language aspects of tr...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability to read and...
Preschool age is a critical period in executive functions development. Currently, in Brazil, there i...