The Western Aphasia Battery: A systematic review of research and clinical applications

A Kertesz - Aphasiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Since design and publication of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB),
increasing use to assess patients with aphasia in a clinical and research setting in stroke …

Word-finding difficulty: a clinical analysis of the progressive aphasias

JD Rohrer, WD Knight, JE Warren, NC Fox, MN Rossor… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The patient with word-finding difficulty presents a common and challenging clinical problem.
The complaint of 'word-finding difficulty'covers a wide range of clinical phenomena and may …

Speech analysis by natural language processing techniques: a possible tool for very early detection of cognitive decline?

D Beltrami, G Gagliardi, R Rossini Favretti… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: The discovery of early, non-invasive biomarkers for the identification of
“preclinical” or “pre-symptomatic” Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is a key issue in …

A longitudinal study of language decline in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

M Blair, CA Marczinski, N Davis-Faroque… - Journal of the …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Language decline is usually the fastest and predominant change in primary progressive
aphasia (PPA). In Alzheimer's disease (AD), it is usually associated with global cognitive …

Fully automatic speech-based analysis of the semantic verbal fluency task

A König, N Linz, J Tröger, M Wolters… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2018 - karger.com
Background: Semantic verbal fluency (SVF) tests are routinely used in screening for mild
cognitive impairment (MCI). In this task, participants name as many items as possible of a …

The more physical inactivity, the more agitation in dementia

EJA Scherder, T Bogen, LHP Eggermont… - International …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Epidemiological studies show a close relationship between physical activity and cognition. A
causal relationship between physical activity and cognition has been observed in children …

[HTML][HTML] Novel verbal fluency scores and structural brain imaging for prediction of cognitive outcome in mild cognitive impairment

DG Clark, PM McLaughlin, E Woo, K Hwang… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction The objective of this study was to assess the utility of novel verbal fluency
scores for predicting conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to clinical Alzheimer's …

Automated detection of speech timing alterations in autopsy-confirmed nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia

AM García, AE Welch, ML Mandelli, ML Henry, S Lukic… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Motor speech function, including speech timing, is a key domain
for diagnosing nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA). Yet …

Neural correlates of letter and semantic fluency in primary progressive aphasia

M Riello, CE Frangakis, B Ficek, KT Webster… - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Verbal fluency (VF) is an informative cognitive task. Lesion and functional imaging studies
implicate distinct cerebral areas that support letter versus semantic fluency and the …

Language, executive function and social cognition in the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia syndromes

M Harciarek, S Cosentino - International Review of Psychiatry, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) represents a spectrum of non-Alzheimer's degenerative
conditions associated with focal atrophy of the frontal and/or temporal lobes. Frontal and …