title: A validation study of appropriate phonological verbal fluency stimulus letters for use with croatian speaking individuals.
abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the word frequency for all thirty letters of the Croatian alphabet and to collect normative data for the letter fluency task in Croatian speakers. Ninety two healthy participants were given each of the Croatian letters, and asked to generate as many words as possible in 60 seconds for each letter Results suggested that participants generated most frequently words starting with the letters as follows: "K", "P", "S" and "M".
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb, Vrapce University Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb, Croatia. ninoslav.mimica@bolnica-vrapce.hr
authors.forename: Ninoslav
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mimica
authors.forename: Danijela Zakić
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Milas
authors.forename: Svetislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joka
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalinić
authors.forename: Vera Folnegović
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Smalc
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011932:Reading; D014705:Verbal Behavior