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dc.contributor.authorHui, Christy Lai-Ming
dc.contributor.authorSee, Sally Hiu-Wah
dc.contributor.authorChiu, Tsz-Ching
dc.contributor.authorPintos, Andrea Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorKroyer, Johanna M.
dc.contributor.authorSuen, Yi-Nam
dc.contributor.authorLee, Edwin Ho-Ming
dc.contributor.authorChan, Sherry Kit-Wa
dc.contributor.authorChang, Wing-Chung
dc.contributor.authorElvevåg, Brita
dc.contributor.authorChen, Eric Yu-Hai
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-15T08:52:54Z
dc.date.available2023-08-15T08:52:54Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-27
dc.description.abstractAmong the numerous studies investigating semantic factors associated with functioning in psychotic patients, most have been conducted on western populations. By contrast, the current cross-sectional study involved native Cantonese-speaking Chinese participants. Using the category fluency task, we compared performance between patients and healthy participants and examined clinical and sociodemographic correlates. First-episode psychosis patients (n = 356) and gender- and age-matched healthy participants (n = 35) were asked to generate as many ‘animals’ as they could in a minute. As expected, patients generated fewer correct responses (an average of 15.5 vs. 22.9 words), generated fewer clusters (an average of 3.7 vs. 5.4 thematically grouped nouns), switched less between clusters (on average 8.0 vs. 11.9 switches) and, interestingly, produced a larger percentage of Chinese zodiac animals than healthy participants (an average of 37.7 vs. 24.2). However, these significant group differences in the clusters and switches disappeared when the overall word production was controlled for. Within patients, education was the strongest predictor of category fluency performance (namely the number of correct responses, clusters, and switches). The findings suggest that an overall slowness in patients may account for the group differences in category fluency performance rather than any specific abnormality per se.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHui, See, Chiu, Pintos, Kroyer, Suen, Lee, Chan, Chang, Elvevåg, Chen. What Drives Animal Fluency Performance in Cantonese-Speaking Chinese Patients with Adult-Onset Psychosis?. Brain Sciences. 2023;13(3)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2159422
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/brainsci13030372
dc.identifier.issn2076-3425
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29940
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.journalBrain Sciences
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleWhat Drives Animal Fluency Performance in Cantonese-Speaking Chinese Patients with Adult-Onset Psychosis?en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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