Effects of music on autobiographical verbal narration in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 691-700

  El Haj, Mohamad ^a   Clément, Sylvain ^a   Fasotti, Luciano ^b,c   Allain, Philippe ^d,e  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Medical Centre Groot Klimmendaal   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autobiographical memory; Empty words; Grammatical complexity; Propositional density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUSIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; THERAPY EFFECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84880377434     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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