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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology
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ArticleTitle
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Letter fluency performance of Japanese Kana letters in university students |
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AuthorList |
Hikari Yamashita |
Affiliation |
Faculty of Education, Ehime University |
Publication |
Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 22 (2), 112-118, 2006 |
Received |
Feb 17, 2005 |
Accepted |
Jul 11, 2005 |
Abstract |
The aim of this study is to collect the normative data of the letter fluency tasks in Japanese speakers. Twenty-six healthy students were given each of the 44 Japanese Kana letters, and asked to generate as many words as possible beginning with that letters in 60s.
Results suggested that the number of word generated differed considerably among individual letters, and that is not directory, but closely related to dictionary volume. |
Keywords |
verbal fluency task, word fluency task, word finding task, letter fluency task, Japanese Kana letters |
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