title: Verbal fluency: a NART-based equation for the estimation of premorbid performance.
abstract: A sample of 142 subjects free of neurological or psychiatric disorder were administered the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and a verbal fluency (VF) test. A highly significant correlation between the NART and VF was obtained indicating that premorbid ability should be taken into account when interpreting VF performance. A regression equation was built to estimate premorbid performance on VF from the NART. A highly significant difference between predicted and obtained VF was obtained in a sample of neurological patients (N = 38). For ease of use, a table converting NART errors to predicted VF scores is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, King's College, UK.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001076:Aptitude; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011932:Reading; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology