Dysnomia in alzheimer's disease: An evaluation of neurobehavioral subtypes  

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Green, Joanne ; Goldstein, Felicia C. ; Presley, Robyn ; Grenn, Robert C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 43 no. 2 (Aug. 1992), page 308-322.
Fulltext: 43_02_Goldstein_Green_Presley_Green.pdf (963.79KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/BAL/43 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The relative influence of perceptual and semantic features on naming performance was investigated with reference to the neurobehavioral profiles displayed by patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Forty-one patients were classified as manifesting a verbal, visual, or global subtype based upon their pattern of neuropsychological functioning. Perceptual characteristics of to-be-named pictures were varied by manipulating the amount of line detail, whereas semantic qualities were varied by altering word frequency norms. All AD subtypes were less accurate than normal elderly controls in naming low frequency pictures. Patients and controls took longer to name low frequency and high complexity pictures, and this effect was comparable across the AD groups. Patients with predominantly visual deficits were significantly slower in naming than controls, and those with verbal impairments made a higher proportion of semantic naming errors when compared to patients displaying visual or severe global impairments. These results suggest that deficits in semantic processing contribute to naming dysfunction in AD, and they highlight the importance of examining dissociations among neurobehavioral subtypes. @ 1992 Academic Press, Inc.

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