Language changes in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of verb processing

E Williams, M McAuliffe, C Theys - Brain and Language, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) results in language impairments and higher-level communication
problems. Research into the language of people with AD (pwAD) has mainly focused on …

Making assessment real: Audrey Holland's contributions to the assessment of aphasia and cognitive-communication disorders in clinical and research settings

LH Milman, LL Murray - Seminars in Speech and Language, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
For half a century, Dr. Audrey Holland investigated, developed, and implemented ways to
extend the assessment of adult language and cognitive-communication disorders beyond …

Detecting Alzheimer's disease using natural language processing of referential communication task transcripts

Z Liu, EJ Paek, SO Yoon, D Casenhiser… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Background: People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often demonstrate difficulties in
discourse production. Referential communication tasks (RCTs) are used to examine a …

Verbal fluency tests assess global cognitive status but have limited diagnostic differentiation: evidence from a large-scale examination of six neurodegenerative …

SK Henderson, KA Peterson, K Patterson… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Verbal fluency is widely used as a clinical test, but its utility in differentiating between
neurodegenerative dementias and progressive aphasias, and from healthy controls …

Objective and Subjective Clustering Methods for Verb Fluency Responses From Individuals With Alzheimer's Dementia and Cognitively Healthy Older Adults

MN Fisher, DM Casenhiser, EJ Paek - American Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: The verb fluency task has been researched using a variety of analysis methods
and shown its sensitivity to declines in executive functioning and lexical retrieval abilities in …

Using verb fluency, natural language processing, and machine learning to detect Alzheimer's disease

A Soni, B Amrhein, M Baucum, EJ Paek… - 2021 43rd annual …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes significant impairments in memory and other cognitive
domains. As there is no cure to the disease yet, early detection and delay of disease …

Emotional valence affects word retrieval during verb fluency tasks in Alzheimer's dementia

EJ Paek - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Individuals with amnestic Alzheimer's disease (AD) often demonstrate preserved emotional
processing skills despite the neurodegenerative disease that affects their limbic system …

The NeuroBel: A Screening Test for Verbal Language Impairment in Spanish-Speaking Elderly People With Cognitive Decline

JA Adrián, G Bermúdez-Llusá, JM Caramés… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: The NeuroBel is a short test that can detect cognitive decline using language
tasks. This study replicated previous research using larger clinical samples from three …

Semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tests: Normative data for the Turkish population

T Şentürk, DD Emek-Savaş - Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tests are widely used neuropsychological
assessments of executive functions and language skills and are easy to administer. The aim …

Uniting Cognitive Models and AI: Early Alzheimer's Screening through Language Analysis

Z Liu - 2024 - trace.tennessee.edu
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and related dementias (PwADRD) often lead to memory issues,
language difficulties, and cognitive impairments. These symptoms can cause social …