Computerized analysis of speech and language to identify psycholinguistic correlates of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-177

  Pakhomov, Serguei V S ^a   Smith, Glenn E ^b   Chacon, Dustin ^a   Feliciano, Yara ^c   Graff Radford, Neill ^d   Caselli, Richard ^e   Knopman, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

automated speech analysis; frontotemporal lobar degeneration; language; prosody; spontaneous speech

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH RATE; STIMULUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORD RECOGNITION;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957576161     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181c5dde3     Document Type: Article

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