Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Joint Authors
Leenders, Klaus L.
Koerts, Janneke
Stowe, Laurie A.
Bastiaanse, Roelien
Colman, Katrien S. F.
Source
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Abstract EN
Coexistent impairments in executive functions and language comprehension in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been repeatedly observed.
In this study, the aim was to provide insights into the interaction between linguistic representation and processing and executive functioning.
Therefore, sentence comprehension and executive functions were assessed in 28 Dutch-speaking PD patients and 28 healthy control subjects.
Three aspects of the sentence materials were varied: (1) phrase structure complexity, (2) sentence length, and (3) picture congruence.
PD patients with mild-to-moderate disease severity showed decreased sentence comprehension compared to healthy control subjects.
The difficulties encountered by PD patients were not limited to one aspect of the sentence materials.
The same pattern of results was present in healthy control subjects.
Deficits in set-switching were specifically associated with the comprehension of passive sentences.
Generally, our study confirms that there does not appear to be a language faculty encapsulated from the influence of executive functions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Colman, Katrien S. F.& Koerts, Janneke& Stowe, Laurie A.& Leenders, Klaus L.& Bastiaanse, Roelien. 2011. Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-15.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Colman, Katrien S. F.…[et al.]. Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-15.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Colman, Katrien S. F.& Koerts, Janneke& Stowe, Laurie A.& Leenders, Klaus L.& Bastiaanse, Roelien. Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455071
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455071