Amyloid‐positivity is characterized by decline in semantic fluency: An in‐depth investigation of verbal fluency trajectories, item‐level characteristics and its prognostic value in patients with subjective cognitive decline
Rosanne L. van den Berg, Elke Butterbrod, Casper de Boer, Demi van de Scheur, Lisa‐Marie Schlüter, Argonde C. van Harten, Charlotte Teunissen, Elsmarieke van de Giessen, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Sietske A.M Sikkes · 2025
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People who feel their memory slipping, yet still test normally, sometimes carry the amyloid plaques of Alzheimer's disease. Rosanne van den Berg and co-authors followed 471 such Dutch adults for about four years. They tracked two word games: naming animals, which tests meaning, and naming words by letter, which tests sound.
At the start, plaque carriers and non-carriers scored alike. Over time the carriers slipped faster on the animal task. The gap between their two scores also widened. Fine details of word choice, like word length and errors, added little on their own. Yet the trajectory itself helped flag who might progress. The authors present semantic fluency decline as an early warning worth watching.
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| CREATOR | Rosanne L. van den Berg, Elke Butterbrod, Casper de Boer, Demi van de Scheur, Lisa‐Marie Schlüter, Argonde C. van Harten, Charlotte Teunissen, Elsmarieke van de Giessen, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Sietske A.M Sikkes |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |