Table 3.
Mean, standard error, and t-values for verbal fluency tests.
| Young (n = 15) | Healthy older (n = 15) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | M | SE | M | SE | t(30) | 
| Phonemic fluency | |||||
| F correct | 14.80 | 0.80 | 14.23 | 1.24 | ns | 
| A correct | 11.80 | 0.73 | 11.23 | 0.78 | ns | 
| S correct | 17.13 | 0.68 | 17.82 | 1.10 | ns | 
| Mean correct FAS | 14.57 | 0.54 | 14.43 | 0.92 | ns | 
| FAS errors | 0.86 | 0.31 | 0.58 | 0.17 | ns | 
| FAS perseverations | 0.73 | 0.38 | 1.88 | 0.49 | ns | 
| Semantic fluency | |||||
| Animal correct | 22.73 | 1.36 | 19.35 | 1.20 | ns | 
| Fruit correct | 18.00 | 0.96 | 16.52 | 1.11 | ns | 
| Professions correct | 16.47 | 0.94 | 16.88 | 1.03 | ns | 
| Mean 3 categories | 19.06 | 0.79 | 17.51 | 1.00 | ns | 
| Mean 3 categories errors | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 0.14 | ns | 
| Mean 3 categories perseverations | 1.00 | 0.41 | 0.88 | 0.27 | ns | 
ns, non-significant.