Verbal fluency—the ease and speed with which a person can produce language—may be more than just a reflection of vocabulary or conversational skill. Emerging research suggests a compelling association ...

A recent study has linked longevity specifically to verbal fluency, the measure of one's vocabulary and ability to use it. Everyone ages, but, sometimes, people outlive all predictions. Previous ...

In a study published earlier this year in Psychological Science, a team of researchers reported a link between verbal fluency and mortality risk. The multinational group, led by Paolo Ghisletta of the ...

Everyone ages, but, sometimes, people outlive all predictions. Previous research has uncovered an unlikely factor related to longevity: intelligence (Bäckman & MacDonald, 2006; Bosworth & Siegler, ...