Cognition and language in dementia patients: Contributions from behavior analysis

Aggio, Natalia Maria; Ducatti, Mariana; Rose, Júlio C. de

doi:10.1002/bin.1527

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“…Furthermore, the MTS procedure has been suggested to be used in the development of behavior technology to help patients with dementia to remember and reestablish functional skills that have been deteriorated (see Aggio, Ducatti, & de Rose, 2018). It has earlier been suggested that the MTS procedure could be used to study the progression of dementia and also as a useful tool to screen for cognitive functioning.…”

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Identity matching in a person with Alzheimer’s disease

Brogård-Antonsen

Arntzen

2020

European Journal of Behavior Analysis

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In the present study, a 91-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease participated. The purpose of the experiment was to study how repetitions of conditions affected correct responding in identity matching-to-sample. The participant was presented with identity matching training with three colors (yellow, blue, and red). It was alternated between (A) delayed matching-to-sample 0 s (DMTS 0 s) and (B) simultaneous matching-to-sample (SMTS). These two conditions were repeated in six phases in an ABABAB-design. In the second part of the experiment, the participant was exposed for the same six phases again but with another set of color stimuli (green, orange, and purple). The results showed that the number of trials needed to meet the criterion for training decreased as the conditions were repeated, also with the new set of stimuli.

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Identity matching in a person with Alzheimer’s disease

Brogård-Antonsen

Arntzen

2020

European Journal of Behavior Analysis

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“…To our knowledge, no established NCD screening test examines dialog function. A large body of evidence demonstrates that dialog speeches are very useful in detecting different types of NCDs [ 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ], which are associated with different language deficits at different levels ranging from phonetic and articulatory features [ 30 ] to discourse [ 31 ] and pragmatic features [ 3 , 32 , 33 ]. Compared with those commonly used simple language tasks (e.g., naming tasks, sentence repetition tasks), dialog tasks are more capable of capturing diverse language features and deficits [ 4 , 34 ].…”

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The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT): A Quick Screening Test for Neurocognitive Disorders

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Wong

Fung

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IJERPH

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The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT) is a short and easy-to-administer cognitive test developed for quickly screening neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). In the test, participants are instructed to do a hypothetical instrumental activity of daily living task of purchasing ingredients for a dish from a grocery store and verbally describe the specific shopping procedures. The current study aimed to validate the test with a sample of 545 Hong Kong older adults (58.8% female; aged 73.4 ± 8.37 years), including 464 adults with normal cognitive function, 39 with mild NCD, and 42 with major NCD. Demographic characteristics (i.e., sex, age, education) and clinical diagnosis of cognitive states (i.e., major NCD, mild NCD, and normal aging) were collected. Cognitive functioning was measured using the HK-GSDT and several standardized NCD-screening tests. The results showed good reliability (i.e., internal consistency) and structural validity in the HK-GSDT. It discriminated among different cognitive conditions, particularly between major NCDs and the other conditions, as effectively as did the existing standardized neurocognitive tests (e.g., Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Hong Kong List Learning Test). Moreover, the HK-GSDT explained additional variance of cognitive condition on top of those standardized neurocognitive tests. These results indicate that the HK-GSDT can be used alone, or in combination with other tests, to screen for NCDs.

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“…Um levantamento bibliográfico sistemático realizado por Domeninconi et al (2010) recuperou, até o ano de 2009, 32 artigos de orientação analítico-comportamental cujos participantes eram idosos, sendo que cinco deles foram publicados no número especial do JABA sobre gerontologia comportamental. Da mesma forma, Aggio et al (2018), em uma revisão sobre artigos que relatavam intervenções analíticocomportamentais com idosos com demência, com foco específico em cognição e linguagem, localizou apenas 16 artigos. Também Goyos et al (2009), em levantamento sobre intervenções analítico-comportamentais com idosos sobre memória, comportamento de vagar, incontinência urinária e fala desconexa, recuperou 16 estudos.…”

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Formação de Classes de Estímulos Equivalentes em Idosos Saudáveis: Uma Revisão

Schmidt¹

2021

REBAC

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O aumento da prevalência de idosos na população requer o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos básicos sobre o declínio “cognitivo” decorrente do processo natural de envelhecimento, ou de transtornos neurocognitivos. Estudos sobre controle de estímulos e, especificamente, sobre a formação de classes de equivalência, podem ajudar a elucidar essa questão. Os objetivos desta revisão foram: a) analisar estudos sobre o desempenho de idosos saudáveis em relação à aprendizagem de relações condicionais e formação e/ou manutenção de classes de equivalência; b) descrever o desempenho de idosos nessas tarefas em comparação a participantes jovens. Após busca nas bases Periódicos Capes e PsychInfo, e busca manual em cinco periódicos específicos de Análise do Comportamento, foram selecionados para análise nove artigos que tinham como participantes idosos saudáveis, que passaram por procedimentos de ensino de relações condicionais e testes de formação de classes de equivalência. A maioria dos estudos verificou que idosos aprendem as relações condicionais ensinadas e formam classes de equivalência. Falhas em atingir critérios nos procedimentos não podem ser seguramente atribuídas à idade. Estudos que investigaram o efeito de diferentes estruturas de treino de relações condicionais apresentaram resultados inconclusivos. Os três estudos que compararam o desempenho de idosos e jovens nessas tarefas verificaram pior desempenho dos idosos. Compreender as variáveis que contribuem ou prejudicam o desempenho de idosos na aprendizagem de relações condicionais e formação de classes de equivalência requer a ampliação das pesquisas, o controle cuidadoso de características dos idosos (e.g., escolaridade), a análise dos procedimentos adotados e o aumento do número de participantes estudados.Palavras-chave: Equivalência de estímulos, relações condicionais, estruturas de treino, controle de estímulos, idosos.

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Cognition and language in dementia patients: Contributions from behavior analysis

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

Identity matching in a person with Alzheimer’s disease

Identity matching in a person with Alzheimer’s disease

The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT): A Quick Screening Test for Neurocognitive Disorders

Formação de Classes de Estímulos Equivalentes em Idosos Saudáveis: Uma Revisão

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