Language assessment has a crucial role in the clinical diagnosis of several
neurodegenerative diseases. The analysis of extended speech production is a precious …

Recent studies suggest that action-verb processing is particularly affected in early stage
Parkinson's disease (PD), highlighting the potential role of subcortical areas in language …

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from
psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated …

Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) have shown deficits in the ability to recognize
emotion. However, these results have been inconsistent. In addition, questions remain about …

Many children and adults experience significant breakdown in the use of language. The
resulting pragmatic disorders present a considerable barrier to effective communication …

To assess children's cognitive capacities to understand (rather than explain or paraphrase)
metaphors, we investigated how 3-year-olds (n= 36; 3; 0–3; 3) fare with novel metaphors …

There are between 4,000 and 6,000 languages remaining in the world and the
characteristics of these languages vary widely. How could an infant born today master any …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

Within the language domain, movement disorders triggered by frontostriatal damage are
characterized by deficits in action verbs, motor-language coupling, and syntax. However …

To assess the impact of Parkinson's disease (PD) on spontaneous discourse, we conducted
computerized analyses of brief monologues produced by 51 patients and 50 controls. We …