Title :

How to Assess Executive Functions in a Low-Educated and Multicultural Population Using a Switching Verbal Fluency Test (the TFA-93) in Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Author(s) :

Narme, Pauline [Auteur]
Maladie d'Alzheimer : marqueurs génétiques et vasculaires, neuropsychologies [EA 4468]
Maillet, Didier [Auteur]
Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072 [PSITEC]
Palisson, Juliette [Auteur]
Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP]
Le Clésiau, Hervé [Auteur]
Moroni, Christine [Auteur]
Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072 [PSITEC]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Belin, Catherine [Auteur]
Hopital Saint-Louis [AP-HP] [AP-HP]

Journal title :

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Abbreviated title :

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

Volume number :

34

Pages :

469-477

Publication date :

2019

ISSN :

1938-2731

English keyword(s) :

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease
Cultural Diversity
Educational Status
Executive Function
Female
France
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuropsychological Tests
Alzheimer’s disease
cognitive flexibility
cross-cultural neuropsychology
frontal lobe
illiteracy

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Few neuropsychological tests are available to assess executive dysfunction in low-educated and multicultural populations. To address this issue, the TFA-93, a switching verbal fluency test to assess cognitive flexibility, ...
Show more >Few neuropsychological tests are available to assess executive dysfunction in low-educated and multicultural populations. To address this issue, the TFA-93, a switching verbal fluency test to assess cognitive flexibility, was administered to 70 healthy controls, 57 patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, and 21 with a clinical diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease associated with frontal disorders. Most of the participants were low-educated and nonnative French speakers. The TFA-93 comprises 2 categorical fluency tasks (animals and fruits) and a fluency task in which participants have to switch between animals and fruits. Correct responses and errors were collected, and a flexibility index expressed the switching cost. Results showed that correct responses were lower, and the switching cost was greater in both patient groups. In low-educated and multicultural populations, the TFA-93 seems to be a good alternative to assess flexibility compared to the standard neuropsychological tools based on academic abilities.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille

Collections :

• Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Émotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072

Research team(s) :

Neuropsychologie & Audition

Submission date :

2021-04-26T19:00:27Z
2021-05-03T13:35:51Z