Multivariate word properties in fluency tasks reveal markers of Alzheimer's dementia

Verbal fluency tasks are common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) assessments. Yet, standard valid response counts fail to reveal disease‐specific semantic memory patterns. Here, we leveraged automated word‐property analysis to capture neurocognitive markers of AD vis‐à‐vis behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD).

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Alzheimer's & Dementia

• Publication date

  2023-10-12

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/alz.13472PMID 37823470PMCID 10916979
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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