Strategic and lexical retrieval processes in free verb fluency: The influence of age and education

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Older adults produced fewer verbs in a 60-second fluency task, particularly during the first half.
Participants with higher education levels showed better performance in total output and switching strategies.
Cognitive flexibility, indicated by phonological and alphabetic switches, was reduced in older adults compared to younger ones.
Semantic clustering patterns remained consistent across age groups, highlighting stable retrieval strategies.

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Observational analysis reveals that age influences verb fluency in healthy adults, indicating education's role in retrieval strategies.

Macoir et al. (2025) studied this question.

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