Healthy aging and dementia: two roads diverging in midlife?

K Irwin, C Sexton, T Daniel, B Lawlor… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD), is a growing pandemic that presents
profound challenges to healthcare systems, families, and societies throughout the world. By …

Semantic memory in Alzheimer's disease.

RD Nebes - Psychological bulletin, 1989 - psycnet.apa.org
Patients with Alzheimer's disease have been suggested to have a semantic memory
impairment not present in the normal old. This article reviews the performance of Alzheimer …

On the tip of the tongue: What causes word finding failures in young and older adults?

DM Burke, DG MacKay, JS Worthley, E Wade - Journal of memory and …, 1991 - Elsevier
This paper develops a new theory of the tip of the tongue (TOT) phenomenon. Within this
interactive activation model of speech production, TOTs occur when the connections …

[图书][B] The development of language

JB Gleason, NB Ratner - 2022 - books.google.com
NOW PUBLISHED BY PLURAL! This classic text now in its tenth edition and now available
from Plural Publishing, The Development of Language continues its focus on language …

[图书][B] Theoretical perspectives on cognitive aging

TA Salthouse - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The phenomenon of age-related cognitive decline has long been controversial, both in
terms of mere existence, and with respect to how it is explained. Some researchers have …

Language and aging

DM Burke, MA Shafto - The handbook of aging and cognition, 2011 - taylorfrancis.com
Language in old age has been an active research area since early experimental
investigations in cognitive aging (eg, Craik & Masani, 1967; Riegel & Riegel, 1964). This is …

Executive dysfunction is a negative prognostic indicator in patients with ALS without dementia

M Elamin, J Phukan, P Bede, N Jordan, S Byrne… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Background: The prognostic implications of cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) are not established. Objectives: To investigate the survival effect of the …

Evidence-based systematic review: Effects of intensity of treatment and constraint-induced language therapy for individuals with stroke-induced aphasia

LR Cherney, JP Patterson, A Raymer, T Frymark… - 2008 - ASHA
Purpose This systematic review summarizes evidence for intensity of treatment and
constraint-induced language therapy (CILT) on measures of language impairment and …

The effects of age, education, and ethnicity on verbal fluency

D Kempler, EL Teng, M Dick, IM Taussig… - Journal of the …, 1998 - cambridge.org
A group of 317 healthy participants between 54 and 99 years of age performed a verbal
fluency task. The participants included Chinese, Hispanic, and Vietnamese immigrants, as …

The nature of the naming deficit in Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease

JR HODGES, DP SALMON, N BUTTERS - Brain, 1991 - academic.oup.com
Abstract SUMMARY A comparison of naming performance, on the Boston Naming Test, of
52 patients with dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT), 16 patients with Huntington's disease …