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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Linguistics

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  • Semantic fluency tasks assess word retrieval and cognitive flexibility.
  • Understanding response dynamics, including clustering and switching, is crucial for interpreting performance.
  • Previous models suggest structure-loss and retrieval-slowing mechanisms in declining fluency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the dynamics of semantic fluency responses, specifically clustering and switching patterns.
  • To analyze the timing of responses within and between semantic clusters.
  • To explore the impact of data detrending on understanding performance differences.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study with 60 participants.
  • Utilized a 60-second animal naming task from the Saint Louis University Mental Status test.
  • Scored response timing and semantic clustering; detrended time scores for normalization.

Main Results:

  • Low performers (LP) switched clusters less frequently than medium (MP) and high performers (HP).
  • Before detrending, LP had slower intracluster response times; no intercluster differences.
  • After detrending, LP showed faster intercluster response times but quicker exhaustion.

Conclusions:

  • Slower intracluster response times may initially indicate poorer semantic fluency performance.
  • Detrending reveals LP have faster intercluster switching but also faster response exhaustion.
  • Detrending aids in differentiating mechanisms underlying semantic fluency decline.