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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology

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ArticleTitle Letter fluency performance of Japanese Kana letters in university students
Language J
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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