Thurstone Word Fluency Test

Thurstone Word Fluency Test
Thurstone Word Fluency Test
Synonyms	Chicago Word Fluency Test
Purpose	measure an individual's symbolic verbal fluency

The Thurstone Word Fluency Test, also known as the Chicago Word Fluency Test (CWFT),^[1] was developed by Louis Thurstone in 1938.^[2] This test became the first word fluency psychometrically measured test available to patients with brain damage.^[3] The test is a used to measure an individual's symbolic verbal fluency.^[4]^[5]^[6] The test asks the subject to write as many words as possible beginning with the letter 'S' within a 5-minute limit, then as many words as possible beginning with letter 'C' within 4 minute limit. The total number of 'S' and 'C' words produced, minus the number of rule-breaking and perseverative responses, yield the patients' measure of verbal fluency.

The CWFT is used as one of the measures of brain's frontal lobe function. A related test, the COWAT (Controlled oral word association test), is part of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery.

References

^ Kolb, Bryan; Ian Q. Whishaw (2008). Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology. New York: Worth. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-7167-9586-5.
^ Thurstone, LL; Thurstone, TG (1938). "Primary Mental Abilities". Science. 108 (2813). Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press: 585. OCLC 741860993. PMID 18933605.
^ Spreen, O.; Risser, A. (2003). Assessment of aphasia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198032250.
^ Pendleton, Mark G.; et al. (Dec 1982). "Diagnostic utility of the thurstone word fluency test in neuropsychological evaluations". Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology. 4 (4): 307–317. doi:10.1080/01688638208401139. PMID 7174838.
^ Leslie A. Burton, Debra Henninger & Jessica Hafetz; et al. (2005). "Gender Differences in Relations of Mental Rotation, Verbal Fluency, and SAT Scores to Finger Length Ratios as Hormonal Indexes". Developmental Neuropsychology. 28 (1): 493–505. doi:10.1207/s15326942dn2801_3. PMID 15992253. S2CID 26611942.
^ S. L. Morrison-Stewart; et al. (1992). "Frontal and non-frontal lobe neuropsychological test performance and clinical symptomatology in schizophrenia". Psychological Medicine. 22 (2): 353–359. doi:10.1017/S0033291700030294. PMID 1615102. S2CID 36676656.

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[1] Kolb, Bryan; Ian Q. Whishaw (2008). Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology. New York: Worth. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-7167-9586-5.

[2] Thurstone, LL; Thurstone, TG (1938). "Primary Mental Abilities". Science. 108 (2813). Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press: 585. OCLC 741860993. PMID 18933605.

[3] Spreen, O.; Risser, A. (2003). Assessment of aphasia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198032250.

[4] Pendleton, Mark G.; et al. (Dec 1982). "Diagnostic utility of the thurstone word fluency test in neuropsychological evaluations". Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology. 4 (4): 307–317. doi:10.1080/01688638208401139. PMID 7174838.

[5] Leslie A. Burton, Debra Henninger & Jessica Hafetz; et al. (2005). "Gender Differences in Relations of Mental Rotation, Verbal Fluency, and SAT Scores to Finger Length Ratios as Hormonal Indexes". Developmental Neuropsychology. 28 (1): 493–505. doi:10.1207/s15326942dn2801_3. PMID 15992253. S2CID 26611942.

[6] S. L. Morrison-Stewart; et al. (1992). "Frontal and non-frontal lobe neuropsychological test performance and clinical symptomatology in schizophrenia". Psychological Medicine. 22 (2): 353–359. doi:10.1017/S0033291700030294. PMID 1615102. S2CID 36676656.

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v t e Neuropsychological tests
Battery	Cognistat Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery Luria–Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery Montreal Cognitive Assessment Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
Arousal/Attention	Continuous performance task D2 Test of Attention Four boxes test Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test Morningness–eveningness questionnaire Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test Posner cueing task Test of everyday attention Test of Variables of Attention
Sensation/Perception	Bender-Gestalt Test Benton Visual Retention Test Dot cancellation test Judgment of Line Orientation Navon figure Rey–Osterrieth complex figure
Memory	1-2-AX working memory task California Verbal Learning Test Corsi block-tapping test Digit symbol substitution test Doors and People MCI Screen Wechsler Memory Scale
Language	Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Boston Naming Test Comprehensive aphasia test Controlled Oral Word Association Test Thurstone Word Fluency Test
Motor	Compensatory tracking task Purdue Pegboard Test
Problem-solving	Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System Hayling and Brixton tests Tower of London test Trail Making Test Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
Sleep	Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Specific impairments	British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory Clinical Dementia Rating Digit Cancellation Test Disability Rating Scale Florida Cognitive Activities Scale Glasgow Coma Scale Glasgow Outcome Scale Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire
Intelligence	National Adult Reading Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Wechsler Test of Adult Reading Raven's Progressive Matrices
Bed-side	Abbreviated mental test score Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition Mini–mental state examination
Social	Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale
Malingering	Test of Memory Malingering

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