What Drives Task Performance in Animal Fluency in Individuals Without Dementia? The SMART-MR Study.

Purpose: In this study, we aim to understand whether and how performance in animal fluency (i.e., total correct word count) relates to linguistic levels and/or executive functions by looking at sequence information and item-level metrics (i.e., clusters, switches, and word properties). Method: Seven...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 66; no. 9; pp. 3473 - 3486
Autores principales: Rofes, Adrià, Beran, Magdalena, Jonkers, Roel, Geerlings, Mirjam I., Vonk, Jet M. J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Sep2023
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          Rofes, Adrià
          Beran, Magdalena
          Jonkers, Roel
          Geerlings, Mirjam I.
          Vonk, Jet M. J.
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          Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG), University of Groningen, the Netherlands
          Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
          Department of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          Aging & Later life, and Personalized Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
          Neurodegeneration, and Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress, and Sleep, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
          Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco
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        Netherlands
        Executive function
        Linguistics
        Cross-sectional method
        Task performance
        Random forest algorithms
        Regression analysis
        Descriptive statistics
        Data analysis software
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          Executive function
          Linguistics
          Cross-sectional method
          Task performance
          Netherlands
          Random forest algorithms
          Regression analysis
          Descriptive statistics
          Data analysis software
          Secondary analysis
      ab: Purpose: In this study, we aim to understand whether and how performance in animal fluency (i.e., total correct word count) relates to linguistic levels and/or executive functions by looking at sequence information and item-level metrics (i.e., clusters, switches, and word properties). Method: Seven hundred thirty-one Dutch-speaking individuals without dementia from the Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease-Magnetic Resonance study responded to an animal fluency task (120 s). We obtained cluster size and number of switches for the task, and eight different word properties for each correct word produced. We detected variables that determine total word count with random forests, and used conditional inference trees to assess points along the scales of such variables, at which total word count changes significantly. Results: Number of switches, average cluster size, lexical decision response times, word frequency, and concreteness determined total correct word count in animal fluency. People who produced more correct words produced more switches and bigger clusters. People who produced fewer words produced fewer switches and more frequent words. Conclusions: Concurrent with existing literature, individuals without dementia rely on language and executive functioning to produce words in animal fluency. The novelty of our work is that such results were shown based on a data-driven approach using sequence information and item-level metrics. Supplemental Material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.23713269
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