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.