Neurodegenerative diseases, for instance Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's
disease (PD), affect the peripheral nervous system, where nerve cells send messages that …

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) affect millions of people worldwide, with Alzheimer's
and Parkinson's being the most common ones, and it is expected that their incidence will …

This pilot study evaluates the ability of machined learned algorithms to assist with the
differential diagnosis of dementia subtypes based on brief (< 10 min) spontaneous speech …

Oral and written picture descriptions were compared in 22 patients with Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and 24 healthy elderly subjects. AD patients had a significant reduction of all word …

This paper presents a dual-route connectionist model of spelling, in which one route maps
directly from sound to spelling (phonemes to graphemes), while in the other route the …

Studying the effects of neurodegeneration on handwriting has emerged as an
interdisciplinary research topic and has attracted considerable interest from psychologists to …

This study's aims were (a) to examine kinematically the handwriting process of persons with
mild cognitive impairment (MCI), compared with those with mild Alzheimer's disease and …

Current methods of assessing dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT) in older adults involve
structured interviews that attempt to capture the complex nature of deficits suffered. One of …

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this volume examines the essential
neuroscientific principles underlying normal and pathological hand motor control and …

Evidence from recent studies suggests that writing may be an aspect of cognition capable of
identifying impairments specific to patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The precise …