Theoretical and Applied Considerations in Persian Verbal Fluency Task: A Systematic Review

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of Translational Neuroscience, Institute for Cognitive Sciences Studies, Tehran, Iran Laureate Institute for Brain Research: Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

Abstract

The process of standardization as well as cultural adaptation of verbal fluency tasks in Farsi language and Iranian culture shows diversity along with some content and methodological failoures. The present study is aimed at the investigation of Iranian researches on the structure and content of verbal fluency. In a systematic review, 35 studies enrolled to the project based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Resultes showed that there were atleast 6 different versions of verbal fluency tasks for Iranian population with their underlying pros and cons. The new version of verbal fluency task based on the data from Ghasemian-Shiervan et al (2018) is also been introduced as a standardized version with the highest appropriateness to the test production procedures. Given the important role of verbal fluency in not only the language capabilities, but also in the common cognitive functions, there was a need for a unique task for assessing verbal fluency in clinical and non-clinical populations along with effective comparisons for research and practice purposes, and the presented task could be a basis for future studies.

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  • Receive Date: 02 March 2020
  • Revise Date: 21 June 2020
  • Accept Date: 02 July 2020

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