High-Level Language Production in Parkinson's Disease: A Review
Joint Authors
Troche, Michelle S.
Altmann, Lori J. P.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-08-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper discusses impairments of high-level, complex language production in Parkinson's disease (PD), defined as sentence and discourse production, and situates these impairments within the framework of current psycholinguistic theories of language production.
The paper comprises three major sections, an overview of the effects of PD on the brain and cognition, a review of the literature on language production in PD, and a discussion of the stages of the language production process that are impaired in PD.
Overall, the literature converges on a few common characteristics of language production in PD: reduced information content, impaired grammaticality, disrupted fluency, and reduced syntactic complexity.
Many studies also document the strong impact of differences in cognitive ability on language production.
Based on the data, PD affects all stages of language production including conceptualization and functional and positional processing.
Furthermore, impairments at all stages appear to be exacerbated by impairments in cognitive abilities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Altmann, Lori J. P.& Troche, Michelle S.. 2011. High-Level Language Production in Parkinson's Disease: A Review. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-991036
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Altmann, Lori J. P.& Troche, Michelle S.. High-Level Language Production in Parkinson's Disease: A Review. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-991036
American Medical Association (AMA)
Altmann, Lori J. P.& Troche, Michelle S.. High-Level Language Production in Parkinson's Disease: A Review. Parkinson’s Disease. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-991036
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-991036