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Regression-based norms for the FAS phonemic fluency test for ages 40–84 based on a Norwegian sample

Ingrid Myrvoll Lorentzena Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jacob Espenesa Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway;b Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-5348View further author information
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Erik Hessenc Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;d Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, NorwayView further author information
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Knut Waterlooa Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway;b Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-8312View further author information
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Geir Bråthene Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;f Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3224-7983View further author information
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Santiago Timónd Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;g Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, SpainView further author information
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Dag Aarslandd Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;h Centre for Age-Related Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6314-216XView further author information
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Tormod Fladbyd Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;i Institute of Clinical Medicine, Campus Ahus, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-9797View further author information
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Bjørn-Eivind Kirseboma Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway;b Department of Neurology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1413-9578View further author information
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