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Word generation task
Covert: Semantic: subjects listen to or view nouns and silently generate an associated verb, or subjects view a category and silently generate as many exemplars as possible; Orthographic: subjects listen to or view a letter and silently generate as many words as possible that start with that letter; Phonologic: subjects listen to or view a word and silently generate words that rhyme. Overt: semantic: subjects listen to or view nouns and overtly generate an associated verb, or subjects view a category and overtly generate as many exemplars as possible; Orthographic: subjects listen to or view a letter and overtly generate as many words as possible that start with that letter; Phonologic: subjects listen to or view a word and overtly generate words that rhyme.

Definition contributed by BGregory about ten months ago.


Task records: 2  

verbal fluency
  • number of words divided by time
 

semantic processing
  • number of words divided by time
 

NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html
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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

Covert: Semantic: subjects listen to or view nouns and silently generate an associated verb, or subjects view a category and silently generate as many exemplars as possible; Orthographic: subjects listen to or view a letter and silently generate as many words as possible that start with that letter; Phonologic: subjects listen to or view a word and silently generate words that rhyme. Overt: semantic: subjects listen to or view nouns and overtly generate an associated verb, or subjects view a category and overtly generate as many exemplars as possible; Orthographic: subjects listen to or view a letter and overtly generate as many words as possible that start with that letter; Phonologic: subjects listen to or view a word and overtly generate words that rhyme. (from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about two years ago:

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Effects of repetition and competition on activity in left prefrontal cortex during word generation.
Thompson-Schill SL, D'Esposito M, Kan IP
(Neuron)
1999 Jul
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Neural mechanisms underlying the processing of Chinese and English words in a word generation task: an event-related potential study.
Qiu J, Li H, Wei Y, Liu Q, Zhang Y, Zhang Q
Psychophysiology (Psychophysiology)
2008 Nov
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