Verbal Fluency (COWAT/FAS and Category/Animal Fluency).

COWAT / FAS

What it measures

Phonemic (letter) and semantic (category) verbal fluency; executive retrieval, lexical access, processing speed

Length and format

Phonemic: 3 letters x 60 s (commonly F, A, S or C, F, L); Semantic: e.g., animals x 60 s. timed oral word generation (performance), total admissible words (performance/ability test)

Language versions

Used in essentially all languages (letters/categories localized; e.g., P/M/R in Spanish)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

mixed

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Reference

Benton AL, Hamsher K. Multilingual Aphasia Examination. AJA Associates; 1989. Tombaugh TN, et al. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 1999;14(2):167-177.