Semantic processing in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of the N400 differences

M Joyal, C Groleau, C Bouchard, MA Wilson, S Fecteau - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Semantic deficits are common in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). These deficits
notably impact the ability to understand words. In healthy aging, semantic knowledge …

The deterioration of semantic networks in Alzheimer's disease

I Martínez-Nicolás, J Carro, TE Llorente… - Exon …, 2019 - exonpublications.com
Language impairments in Alzheimer's disease may appear at the prodromal stage. The most
significant impairment is found at the lexical-semantic process level, which is explained …

Naming ability assessment in neurocognitive disorders: a clinician's perspective

E Georgiou, S Prapiadou, V Thomopoulos, M Skondra… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background Detecting impaired naming capacity is valuable in diagnosing neurocognitive
disorders (ND). A. clinical practice-oriented overview of naming tests validated in ND is not …

Automated free speech analysis reveals distinct markers of Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia

P Lopes da Cunha, F Ruiz, F Ferrante, LF Sterpin… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Dementia can disrupt how people experience and describe events as well as their own role
in them. Alzheimer's disease (AD) compromises the processing of entities expressed by …

Semantic relations in a categorical verbal fluency test: an exploratory investigation in mild cognitive impairment

D Quaranta, C Piccininni, A Caprara… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Categorical verbal fluency tests (CFT) are commonly used to assess the integrity of semantic
memory in individuals with brain damage. Persons with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type …

[HTML][HTML] Many changes in speech through aging are actually a consequence of cognitive changes

I Martínez-Nicolás, TE Llorente, O Ivanova… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: During aging, changes in human speech may arise because of the
neurophysiological deterioration associated with age, or as the result of an impairment in the …

An examination of semantic performance in mild cognitive impairment progressors and nonprogressors.

E Delage, I Rouleau, MA Akzam-Ouellette… - …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a risk factor for develo** Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and about half of older people with MCI will progress to AD within the next 5 years. The …

Can we track the progression of Alzheimer's Disease via lexical-semantic variables in connected speech?

M Mestach, RJ Hartsuiker, A Pistono - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative
disorders worldwide and is characterized by problems with cognition and language …

Validation of the test for finding word retrieval deficits (WoFi) in detecting Alzheimer's disease in a naturalistic clinical setting

EZ Georgiou, M Skondra, M Charalampopoulou… - European journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Detecting impaired naming capacity contributes to the detection of mild
(MildND) and major (MajorND) neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

[HTML][HTML] La habilidad léxico-semántica en la Enfermedad de Alzheimer: Un estudio de la fluidez verbal con categorías semánticas

O Ivanova, JJ García Meilán, I Martínez-Nicolás… - Revista signos, 2020 - SciELO Chile
Las primeras alteraciones lingüísticas propias de la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) ocurren
en el nivel léxico-semántico, fuertemente dependiente del estado de la memoria del …