Characteristic patterns of word association responses in institutionalized elderly with and without senile dementia

Pietro, Mary Jo Santo; Goldfarb, Robert

doi:10.1016/0093-934x(85)90040-9

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“…Language deficits in AD, however, led to abnormalities in baseline performance on both word-associate and categoryexemplar production tasks. Baseline word-associate production was reduced in AD because of a large number of idiosyncratic and paraphasic responses, an observation that has been noted in other studies (Brandt et al, 1988;Santo Pietro & Goldfarb, 1985). Although baseline categoryexemplar production in AD was comparable to controls, participants with AD provided fewer legitimate nontarget responses.…”

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confidence: 57%

Dissociation between two forms of conceptual priming in Alzheimer's disease.

Vaidya¹,

Gabrieli²,

Monti³

et al. 1999

Neuropsychology

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Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and healthy control participants performed 2 conceptual repetition priming tasks, word-associate production and category-exemplar production. Both tasks had identical study-phases of reading target words aloud, had the most common responses as target items, and required production of a single response. Patients with AD showed normal priming on word-associate production but impaired priming on category-exemplar production. This dissociation in AD suggests that conceptual priming is not a unitary form of memory but rather is mediated by separable memory systems.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Dissociation between two forms of conceptual priming in Alzheimer's disease.

Vaidya¹,

Gabrieli²,

Monti³

et al. 1999

Neuropsychology

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“…In addition, Gewirth et al (1984), who studied the word associations of patients with dementia, concluded that their data pointed to a loss of, or at least impairment of access to, semantic markers and a loosening of associational networks, but that knowledge of syntax remained comparatively intact -a point which will be returned to below. Essentially similar conclusions were drawn by Santo Pietro & Goldfarb (1985) from their word association study.…”

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confidence: 74%

Language and dementia: a review

Hart

1988

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisIn the literature on dementia the presence or absence of language deficits has come to occupy a pivotal position with respect to certain nosological and nosographical issues. These are reviewed critically, together with the results of experimental investigations which have sought to elucidate the nature of the language deficit(s) in patients with dementia, especially that of the Alzheimer type. Attention is drawn to important gaps in current knowledge and suggestions are made regarding the direction of future research.

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“…Patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (pAD) are said to have significant difficulty appreciating word meaning. Most studies have focused on nouns (Bayles, 1982;Chan, Butters, Paulsen, Salmon, Swenson, & Maloney, 1993;Chertkow, Bub, & Caplan, 1992;Hodges, Salmon, & Butters, 1992;Mickanin, Grossman, Onishi, Auriacombe, & Clarke, 1994;Santo Pietro & Goldfarb, 1985;Silveri, Daniele, Giustolisi, & Gainotti, 1991). The validity of the word meaning deficit in pAD turns on the demonstration of a similar impairment with another major lexical category such as verbs.…”

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confidence: 99%