Difference between revisions of "Language"
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+ | The domain of language includes speech production, comprehension, reading, writing, verbal fluency, naming, and semantic retrieval (Daffner et al, 2015) | ||
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+ | * impaired semantic fluency is a common early sign in Alzheimers dementia (generally, AD affects concepts dealing with living things and abstract concepts moreso than non-living objects and verbs/actions) (Chertkow et al, 2008) | ||
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+ | '''Neuropsychological tests of language''' | ||
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+ | * Boston naming test (BNT) | ||
+ | * Boston naming test 15-item short form - a visual confrontation naming test, highly correlated with the full 60-item test | ||
+ | * Controlled oral word association test (COWAT) | ||
+ | * Semantic category fluency (within public domain) | ||
+ | * Western aphasia battery revised (WAB-R) | ||
+ | * Pyramids and palm trees - tests for semantic language: patients are shown a picture of a stimulus and must choose between two pictures which is the related picture (Finger 2016) | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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+ | Chertkow, H., Whatmough, C., Saumier, D. & Duong, A. Chapter 25 Cognitive neuroscience studies of semantic memory in Alzheimer’s disease. in Progress in Brain Research vol. 169 393–407 (Elsevier, 2008). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18394489/ | ||
Daffner, K. R. et al. Improving clinical cognitive testing: Report of the AAN Behavioral Neurology Section Workgroup. Neurology 85, 910–918 (2015). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163433/ | Daffner, K. R. et al. Improving clinical cognitive testing: Report of the AAN Behavioral Neurology Section Workgroup. Neurology 85, 910–918 (2015). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163433/ | ||
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+ | Finger, E. C. Frontotemporal Dementias. Contin. Minneap. Minn 22, 464–489 (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27042904/ |
Latest revision as of 23:36, 12 June 2021
The domain of language includes speech production, comprehension, reading, writing, verbal fluency, naming, and semantic retrieval (Daffner et al, 2015)
- impaired semantic fluency is a common early sign in Alzheimers dementia (generally, AD affects concepts dealing with living things and abstract concepts moreso than non-living objects and verbs/actions) (Chertkow et al, 2008)
Neuropsychological tests of language
- Boston naming test (BNT)
- Boston naming test 15-item short form - a visual confrontation naming test, highly correlated with the full 60-item test
- Controlled oral word association test (COWAT)
- Semantic category fluency (within public domain)
- Western aphasia battery revised (WAB-R)
- Pyramids and palm trees - tests for semantic language: patients are shown a picture of a stimulus and must choose between two pictures which is the related picture (Finger 2016)
References
Chertkow, H., Whatmough, C., Saumier, D. & Duong, A. Chapter 25 Cognitive neuroscience studies of semantic memory in Alzheimer’s disease. in Progress in Brain Research vol. 169 393–407 (Elsevier, 2008). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18394489/
Daffner, K. R. et al. Improving clinical cognitive testing: Report of the AAN Behavioral Neurology Section Workgroup. Neurology 85, 910–918 (2015). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163433/
Finger, E. C. Frontotemporal Dementias. Contin. Minneap. Minn 22, 464–489 (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27042904/