This chapter reviews research on L1ers' individual differences in the proficiency of
understanding and speaking their L1, as a function of age and/or level of education. In …

Background: Connected speech (CS) deterioration appears early in the progression to
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). As such, CS assessment …

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a form of dementia that affects the memory, cognition, and motor
skills of patients. Extensive research has been done to develop accessible, cost-effective …

Background We developed transformer-based deep learning models based on natural
language processing for early risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease from the picture …

Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to the development of cognitive deficits,
such as aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia. It is currently considered one of the most significant …

Background Discourse in adults with aphasia is increasingly the focus of assessment and
therapy research. A broad range of measures is available to describe discourse, but very …

The purpose of the present research was to examine the influence of cognitive processes on
discourse global coherence ability measured across different discourse tasks and collected …

Measurement of communication ability at the discourse level holds promise for predicting
how well persons with stable (eg, stroke-induced), or progressive aphasia navigate …

Background/Aims: A third of individuals are depressed following stroke. A similar proportion
have aphasia. The extent of their inclusion in depression following stroke studies affects the …

This study assessed, in a sample of 98 adult native speakers of Dutch, how their lexical skills
and their speaking proficiency varied as a function of their age and level of education and …