The cognate facilitation effect on lexical access in bilingual aphasia: evidence from the Boston naming test [PDF]
Most cognate research suggests facilitation effects in picture naming, but how these effects manifest in bilinguals after brain damage remains unclear. Additionally, whether this effect is captured in clinical measures is largely unknown. Using data from
Kiran, Swathi, Marte, Manuel Jose
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Culture Effects on the Chinese Version Boston Naming Test Performance and the Normative Data in the Native Chinese-Speaking Elders in Mainland China [PDF]
BackgroundThe Chinese version of Boston Naming Test (BNT-C) is administered in China widely. However, the neuropsychological parameter of BNT-C in native Chinese-speaking elders in mainland China has not been explored systematically.
Yan Li +9 more
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Development of an adapted version of the Boston Naming Test for Portuguese speakers [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To present the development of an adapted version of the Boston Naming Test for Portuguese speakers, and to investigate the effects of age, education and gender on both the original and the adapted Boston Naming Test in respect of Brazilian Portuguese speakers.
Miotto, Eliane C. +4 more
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A Retrospective Study of Long-Term Improvement on the Boston Naming Test [PDF]
Purpose Lexical retrieval impairment is a universal characteristic of aphasia and a common treatment focus. Although naming improvement is well documented, there is limited information to shape expectations regarding long-term recovery. This was the motivation for a retrospective study of longitudinal data on the
Alyssa, Sachs +2 more
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Feasibility Study of the Boston Naming Test for the Arab Population [PDF]
Introduction The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is a widely used US neuropsychological evaluation of confrontation naming for the examination of adults and children with learning disabilities and diagnosis of communication disorders, aphasia, dementia, and acquired brain injury or dysfunction.
Basura, Hadeel A +8 more
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Boston NamingTest performance in mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis [PDF]
Background Naming impairment is frequently observed in cognitive decline, but evidence in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remains inconsistent. This study aimed to systematically evaluate naming ability in individuals with MCI.
Shuang Zuo +5 more
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Salivary cortisol is associated with cognitive changes in patients with fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a stress-related chronic pain disorder with common cognitive complaints. This study characterized cognitive dysfunction in patients with FM and explored whether these changes are linked to altered cortisol levels.
Yi-Ju Lin +6 more
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Introduction In primary progressive aphasia (PPA) patients with autopsy‐confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) or frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FLTD), we tested how the core clinical features of logopenic PPA—naming and repetition—change over time and ...
Katheryn A.Q. Cousins +9 more
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Background Leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) alleviate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology and improve cognition in animal models; however, clinical evidence is limited.
Lisa Y. Xiong +8 more
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Contribution to the evaluation of language disturbances in subcortical lesions: a piloty study [PDF]
Subcortical structures are in a strategic functional position within the cognitive networks and their lesion can interfere with a great number of functions. In this study, we describe fourteen subjects with exclusively subcortical vascular lesions (eight
Márcia Radanovic +4 more
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