Cognitive Processes Underlying Verbal Fluency in Multiple Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Verbal fluency (VF) has been associated with several cognitive functions, but the cognitive processes underlying verbal fluency deficits in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are controversial. Further knowledge about VF could be useful in clinical practice, because these tasks are brief, applicable, and reliable in MS patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the cognitive processes related to VF and to develop machine-learning algorithms to predict those patients with cognitive deficits using only VF-derived scores. Methods: Two hundred participants with MS were enrolled and examined using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery, including semantic and phonemic fluencies. Automatic linear modeling was used to identify the neuropsychological test predictors of VF sco

SUBMITTER: Delgado-Alvarez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859643 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature