Cognition and discourse production in Alzheimer's disease: using informative prompts
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
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2(2): 147-155, Dec. 2009. tab
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ABSTRACT
This article reports an investigation on the cognitive and linguistic mechanisms involved in knowledge management during discourse production of individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD). Two discourse variables were examined, incomplete propositions and repeated propositions. Differences between controls and participants with AD were found concerning the presence of incomplete propositions in a non-informative prompted task. Findings obtained with the informative prompted task suggested that knowledge management was more preserved in the early stage than in the later stage of AD. The majority of the neuropsychological data obtained in this study correlated with the presence of incomplete propositions. The discussion debated on whether this discourse deficit can be attributed to an impaired ability to manage knowledge provided in the context of communication.
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Asunto principal:
Cognición
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Enfermedad de Alzheimer
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Lingüística
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Neuropsicología
Límite:
Anciano
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
Asunto de la revista:
Neurología
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Psicologia
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
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España
Institución/País de afiliación:
Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica/ES
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Pompeu Fabra University/ES
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/BR
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