The test is a used to measure an individual's symbolic verbal fluency.
After serving in the war, Yates took on various jobs in which he could employ his verbal fluency.
PD patients also showed impairments in verbal fluency and took longer to respond on tasks.
Whether this relates to the greater verbal fluency of girls or to their being less prone to instant 'right-answerism' remains open.
They found that the larger the splenium in the women, the better they were on tests of verbal fluency.
But women, the new studies assert, have the edge in most other ways, like perceptual speed, verbal fluency and communications skills.
Also, in the same study, monolinguals perform better than bilinguals on verbal fluency.
In extreme cases, there are students without verbal fluency in the languages of their teachers.
Another test showed deficits in recent memory, orientation, abstract thinking, drawing, and verbal fluency.
Women show higher performance levels on tests of verbal fluency.