Language assessment has a crucial role in the clinical diagnosis of several
neurodegenerative diseases. The analysis of extended speech production is a precious …

Impairment in different cognitive domains such as executive functions, language, memory,
and visuospatial skills occurs frequently in Parkinson disease (PD) even in the early stages …

Recent studies have demonstrated that processing of action words recruits cortical motor
regions that are also involved in the planning and execution of the actions words refer to …

Objective: Verbal fluency measures are frequently part of batteries designed to assess
executive function (EF), but are also used to assess semantic processing ability or word …

Several studies have recently shown that basal ganglia (BG) deterioration leads to
distinctive impairments in the domains of syntax, action verbs, and action semantics. In …

Neurodegenerative disease is a collective term given for the clinical condition, which results
in progressive degeneration of neurons and the loss of functions associated with the …

A central question in the cognitive sciences is which role embodiment plays for high-level
cognitive functions, such as conceptual processing. Here, we propose that one reason why …

Recent studies suggest that action-verb processing is particularly affected in early stage
Parkinson's disease (PD), highlighting the potential role of subcortical areas in language …

Within the language domain, movement disorders triggered by frontostriatal damage are
characterized by deficits in action verbs, motor-language coupling, and syntax. However …

Language and action systems are functionally coupled in the brain as demonstrated by
converging evidence using Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …