Gitit Kave

Summary

Affiliation: Tel Aviv University
Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Formal education level versus self-rated literacy as predictors of cognitive aging
    Gitit Kave
    Correspondence should be addressed to Gitit Kavé, Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, The Dorothy de Rothschild Campus, 1 University Road, P O Box 808, Ra anana 43107, Israel E mail
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67:697-704. 2012
  2. ncbi Age-related differences in word-retrieval but not in meaning generation
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, The Dorothy de Rothschild Campus, Ra anana, Israel
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 19:515-29. 2012
  3. ncbi Sensitivity to gender, person, and tense inflection by persons with Alzheimer's disease
    Gitit Kave
    The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    Brain Lang 87:267-77. 2003
  4. ncbi Multilingualism and cognitive state in the oldest old
    Gitit Kave
    Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Isreal
    Psychol Aging 23:70-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Morphological processing with deficient phonological short-term memory
    Gitit Kave
    Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Cogn Neuropsychol 24:516-34. 2007
  6. ncbi The association between age and the frequency of nouns selected for production
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Ra anana, Israel
    Psychol Aging 24:17-27. 2009
  7. ncbi Searching for the right word: performance on four word-retrieval tasks across childhood
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Raanana, Israel
    Child Neuropsychol 16:549-63. 2010
  8. ncbi The rise and fall of word retrieval across the lifespan
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Raanana, Israel
    Psychol Aging 25:719-24. 2010
  9. ncbi Which verbal fluency measure is most useful in demonstrating executive deficits after traumatic brain injury?
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Ra anana, Israel
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 33:358-65. 2011
  10. ncbi Switching and clustering in verbal fluency tasks throughout childhood
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel 52621
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 30:349-59. 2008

Detail Information

Publications23

  1. ncbi Formal education level versus self-rated literacy as predictors of cognitive aging
    Gitit Kave
    Correspondence should be addressed to Gitit Kavé, Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, The Dorothy de Rothschild Campus, 1 University Road, P O Box 808, Ra anana 43107, Israel E mail
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67:697-704. 2012
    ..The results have implications for studies of age-related differences in which education level is taken into account...
  2. ncbi Age-related differences in word-retrieval but not in meaning generation
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, The Dorothy de Rothschild Campus, Ra anana, Israel
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 19:515-29. 2012
    ..We suggest that age-related word finding difficulties are attenuated when performance allows for semantic rather than phonological access...
  3. ncbi Sensitivity to gender, person, and tense inflection by persons with Alzheimer's disease
    Gitit Kave
    The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    Brain Lang 87:267-77. 2003
    ..The notion of simplicity in this context is discussed and various parameters are offered for future investigation...
  4. ncbi Multilingualism and cognitive state in the oldest old
    Gitit Kave
    Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Isreal
    Psychol Aging 23:70-8. 2008
    ..Results are discussed in the context of theories of cognitive reserve...
  5. ncbi Morphological processing with deficient phonological short-term memory
    Gitit Kave
    Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Cogn Neuropsychol 24:516-34. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi The association between age and the frequency of nouns selected for production
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Ra anana, Israel
    Psychol Aging 24:17-27. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Searching for the right word: performance on four word-retrieval tasks across childhood
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Raanana, Israel
    Child Neuropsychol 16:549-63. 2010
    ..We discuss the nature of the word search involved in each task and suggest that the more executive demands required by a test the steeper the slope of performance increase on this test...
  8. ncbi The rise and fall of word retrieval across the lifespan
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Raanana, Israel
    Psychol Aging 25:719-24. 2010
    ..We discuss the role of vocabulary funds and controlled access in naming pictures throughout life...
  9. ncbi Which verbal fluency measure is most useful in demonstrating executive deficits after traumatic brain injury?
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Ra anana, Israel
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 33:358-65. 2011
    ..Results highlight the executive component of semantic fluency and the importance of using this task when assessing cognitive functioning after TBI...
  10. ncbi Switching and clustering in verbal fluency tasks throughout childhood
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel 52621
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 30:349-59. 2008
    ..The results suggest that the development of word retrieval might be more dependent on maturation of executive search strategies than on lexical enrichment...
  11. ncbi How does the homophone meaning generation test associate with the phonemic and semantic fluency tests? A quantitative and qualitative analysis
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Ra anana, Israel
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 13:424-32. 2007
    ..The findings suggest that the relationship between these tests is mediated by a shared executive component, attesting to the HMGT's utility in tapping into mechanisms of shifting and mental flexibility...
  12. ncbi Morphology in picture descriptions provided by persons with Alzheimer's disease
    Gitit Kave
    Psychology Department, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 46:341-52. 2003
    ..Persons with AD used the same syntactic structures and the same morphological forms as control participants and made very few structural errors...
  13. ncbi Preserved morphological decomposition in persons with Alzheimer's disease
    Gitit Kave
    The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 47:835-47. 2004
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  14. ncbi Standardization and norms for a Hebrew naming test
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Brain Lang 92:204-11. 2005
    ..Results show that age had the greatest effect on naming performance with age at immigration accounting for a significant share of the variance as well...
  15. ncbi Neuropsychological evaluation of mild cognitive impairment: three case reports
    Gitit Kave
    Margoletz Psychogeriatric Center, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Clin Neuropsychol 18:362-72. 2004
    ..Questions arising with regards to the MCI criteria are discussed in light of these case reports...
  16. ncbi Phonemic fluency, semantic fluency, and difference scores: normative data for adult Hebrew speakers
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 27:690-9. 2005
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  17. ncbi Issues to consider when using the new diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment
    Gitit Kave
    Margoletz Psychogeriatric Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 7:732-5. 2005
  18. ncbi The processing of morphology in old age: evidence from Hebrew
    Gitit Kave
    The Hebrew University, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
    J Speech Lang Hear Res 48:1442-51. 2005
    ..Taking advantage of the rich morphological structure of Hebrew, the current article aims to examine whether age affects the processing of morphological forms through an investigation of 2 systematic morphological paradigms...
  19. ncbi The development of naming and word fluency: evidence from Hebrew-speaking children between ages 8 and 17
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Sheba Medical Center, Israel
    Dev Neuropsychol 29:493-508. 2006
    ..The relative contribution of the maturation of vocabulary and the development of efficient retrieval processes to performance on naming and fluency tasks is discussed...
  20. ncbi For better and for worse: the relationship between future expectations and functioning in the second half of life
    Amit Shrira
    Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69778, Israel
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 66:195-203. 2011
    ..To examine age group differences in the relationship between future expectations about standards of living and physical, mental, and cognitive functioning in the second half of life...
  21. ncbi Delineating terminal change in subjective well-being and subjective health
    Yuval Palgi
    Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:61-4. 2010
    ..Implications are discussed regarding the well-being paradox and the yet unclear mechanisms that link evaluative indicators to the dying process...
  22. ncbi Profiles of functioning as predictors of mortality in old age: the advantage of a configurative approach
    Dov Shmotkin
    Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Arch Gerontol Geriatr 51:68-75. 2010
    ..e., one that considers the person's combined standing on key factors), is a useful concept for delineating risk groups in late life and evaluating risk factors in predicting mortality...
  23. ncbi Environmental contributions to preschoolers' semantic fluency
    Gitit Kave
    Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University, Raanana, Israel
    Dev Sci 16:124-35. 2013
    ..We suggest that semantic fluency performance is highly affected by environmental factors at age 5 although genetic effects might emerge later on...