Typicality of words produced on a semantic fluency task in amnesic mild cognitive impairment: Linguistic analysis and risk of conversion to dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1171-1178

  Vita, Maria Gabriella ^a   Marra, Camillo ^a   Spinelli, Pietro ^a   Caprara, Alessia ^a   Scaricamazza, Eugenia ^a   Castelli, Diana ^a   Canulli, Serena ^a   Gainotti, Guido ^a,b   Quaranta, Davide ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; frequency of use; mild cognitive impairment; semantic disturbance; semantic fluency; typicality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84908009866     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-140570     Document Type: Article

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