Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 8(5): 213-215

Psychomotor speed, speech rate and thinking

MUDr. Miloslav Kopeček Ph.D1,2
1 Psychiatrické centrum Praha, 3. LF UK, Praha
2 3. LF UK, Praha

Introduction: The aim of the study was to find a short and simple psychomotor speed test for easy use in a clinical practice.

Methodology: 63 healthy volunteers with a mean age of 28.6 ± 12.5 years (range 15–71 years) were assessed. We measured the number of words during a one minute spontaneous monolog (marker of psychomotor speed), the time to generate 12 animals (short version of semantic fluency), the time to generate 12 words beginning with letter K (short version of phonetic verbal fluency), the time to say the months of the year in chronological order, the time it takes to count from 101 up 110 and other neuropsychological tests.

Keywords: psychomotor speed, verbal fluency, cognition, neuropsychology, clinical practice

Published: November 1, 2007  Show citation

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