Is action naming better preserved (than object naming) in Alzheimer’s disease and why should we ask?

Druks, Judit; Masterson, Jackie; Kopelman, Michael; Clare, Linda; Rose, Anita; Rai, G.S.

doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2006.06.003

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“…For example, patients with SD and Alzheimer's disease can show action-word deficits despite the relative preservation of frontal areas associated with motor planning (Druks et al, 2006;Reilly, Cross, Troiani, & Grossman, 2007;Yi, Moore, & Grossman, 2007). Research now indicates that context may determine whether or not sensorimotor systems are engaged with individual concepts.…”

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Three symbol ungrounding problems: Abstract concepts and the future of embodied cognition

Dove

2015

Psychon Bull Rev

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A great deal of research has focused on the question of whether or not concepts are embodied as a rule. Supporters of embodiment have pointed to studies that implicate affective and sensorimotor systems in cognitive tasks, while critics of embodiment have offered nonembodied explanations of these results and pointed to studies that implicate amodal systems. Abstract concepts have tended to be viewed as an important test case in this polemical debate. This essay argues that we need to move beyond a pretheoretical notion of abstraction. Against the background of current research and theory, abstract concepts do not pose a single, unified problem for embodied cognition but, instead, three distinct problems: the problem of generalization, the problem of flexibility, and the problem of disembodiment. Identifying these problems provides a conceptual framework for critically evaluating, and perhaps improving upon, recent theoretical proposals.

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Section: Problem 2: Flexibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Three symbol ungrounding problems: Abstract concepts and the future of embodied cognition

Dove

2015

Psychon Bull Rev

150

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“…Some studies (Bowles, Obler, & Albert, 1987;Irigaray, 1973;Robinson, Rossor, & Cipolotti, 1999;Williamson, Adair, Raymer, & Heilman, 1998) indicate that the production of verbs is better preserved than that of nouns. Others (Cappa et al, 1998;Druks et al, 2006;Kim & Thompson, 2004;Lee et al, 1998;Mätzig, Druks, Masterson, & Vigliocco, 2009;Robinson, Grossman, White-Devine, & D'Esposito, 1996) argue that action naming is more impaired than object naming in the memory tests. Still others (Almor et al, 2009;Wang, 2010) claim that graceful degradation is found for both nouns and verbs and feature-based semantic representations help account for the impairment.…”

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Factors in action-object semantic disorder for Chinese-speaking persons with or without Alzheimer's disease

Lai

Lin

2013

Journal of Neurolinguistics

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“…The prompt retrieval of a word is essential in the naming ability during real-life communication. A previous study found that HE individuals could produce correct names within approximately 1.2 s for nouns and 1.4 s for verbs [38]. Accordingly, there is a view that the response latency lies on a continuum along with the accuracy rate in elderly individuals [39].…”

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Diagnostic Value of Time-Constrained Naming Test in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Hwang

Kim²,

Kim³

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Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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Background: Naming difficulties have recently garnered more interest in elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We anticipate that naming tests with the consideration of response time can provide more informative and distinct neuropsychological profiles of individuals with MCI. Methods: Naming tests were administered to 76 elderly individuals with MCI and 149 healthy elderly (HE). We analyzed the impact of MCI on naming performance and occurrence of “delayed” response. We also validated the predictive power of naming tests with a time-constrained scoring system. Results: MCI participants performed poorer on the noun naming test than HE participants (p = 0.014). MCI was significantly associated with the occurrence of “delayed” response on the noun (odds ratio [OR] = 3.57; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.78-7.17) and verb naming tests (OR = 4.66; 95% CI = 2.07-10.46). The time-constrained naming scores were significantly better able to distinguish the MCI from the HE group than the conventional spontaneous naming score on both the noun (p < 0.001) and verb (p = 0.002) naming tests. Conclusions: Our findings broaden the knowledge related to the naming ability in individuals with MCI, with respect to the response time. We also confirmed the validity of the naming tests by applying the “delayed” responses as supplementary assessments in the diagnosis of MCI.

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Is action naming better preserved (than object naming) in Alzheimer’s disease and why should we ask?

Cited by 70 publications

References 37 publications

Three symbol ungrounding problems: Abstract concepts and the future of embodied cognition

Three symbol ungrounding problems: Abstract concepts and the future of embodied cognition

Factors in action-object semantic disorder for Chinese-speaking persons with or without Alzheimer's disease

Diagnostic Value of Time-Constrained Naming Test in Mild Cognitive Impairment

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