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Verbal Fluency

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Summary of Verbal Fluency

Scientific Information on Verbal Fluency

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Human Effect Matrix

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The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies to tell you what supplements affect Verbal Fluency.

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Grade Level of Evidence
Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials
Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled
Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies
Uncontrolled or observational studies only
Level of Evidence
? The amount of high quality evidence. The more evidence, the more we can trust the results.
Supplement Magnitude of effect
? The direction and size of the supplement's impact on each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
Consistency of research results
? Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
Notes
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Oxiracetam
Minor Very High See 2 studies
Appears to favor improvements in verbal fluency in persons with cognitive dementia, despite benefiting most parameters measured
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D-Serine
- - See study
In a category fluency test, 2.1g D-serine taken two hours earlier appears to improve fluency. The increase was larger than seen with placebo, but comparing the two groups did not yield a significant benefit with D-serine over placebo statistically
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Ginkgo biloba
- Very High See 2 studies
No significant influence of supplemental ginkgo on verbal fluency even in persons with cognitive injuries.

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