Abstract Language impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been investigated at
different levels of linguistic skills. Only a few studies dealt with pragmatic abilities in PD, and …

It is known that patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) may show deficits in several areas of
cognition, including speech and language abilities. One domain of particular interest is …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is traditionally associated with motor symptoms. However,
impairments in language functioning may also accompany this disorder. The present study …

Introduction the interplay between neuropsychological and communicative abilities in
Parkinson's disease (PD) has been relatively overlooked, and it is not entirely understood …

Background. Pragmatic communication abilities may depend on intact frontal lobe systems.
Independent evidence suggests that some persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) are …

Although viewed primarily as a motor disorder, Parkinson's disease (PD) is also associated
with a variety of communication and cognitive deficits. In this chapter, we review research on …

Parkinson's disease is a frequent neurodegenerative disease that is mostly known for its
motor symptoms. However, cognitive impairment is now recognised as an important part of …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether severity of disease, cognitive function,
age, gender, or amount of social interaction were associated with pragmatic dysfunction in …

One of the major pathophysiological features in Parkinson's disease, from now on referred to
as PD, is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, which in turn results in …

This research studied one aspect of pragmatic language processing, the ability to
understand metaphorical language, to determine whether patients with Parkinson disease …