Objective: While Parkinson’s disease (PD) has traditionally been defined by motor symptoms, many researches have indicated that mild cognitive impairment is common in non-demented PD patients. The purpose of this study was to compare verbal fluency performance in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients with healthy controls.Method: In this cross-sectional study thirty non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients and 30 healthy controls, matched by age, gender and education, were compared on verbal fluency performance. Verbal fluency was studied with a Phonemic Fluency task using the letters F, A, and S, a semantic fluency task using the categories animals and fruits. The independent t-test was used for data analysis.Results: Overall, participants generated more words in the semantic fluency task than in the phonemic fluency task. Results revealed significant differences between patients and controls in semantic fluency task (p

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Hooshang Dadgar,Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi,Jalal Bakhtiyari,.Verbal Fluency Performance in Patients with Non-demented Parkinson’s Disease. 8 (1),.

Hooshang Dadgar,Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi,Jalal Bakhtiyari,"Verbal Fluency Performance in Patients with Non-demented Parkinson’s Disease" 8

Hooshang Dadgar,Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi,Jalal Bakhtiyari,"Verbal Fluency Performance in Patients with Non-demented Parkinson’s Disease"