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Working With Limited Memory: Sentence Comprehension In Alzheimers Disease
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@MISC{Kempler_workingwith,
author = {Daniel Kempler and Amit Almor and Maryellen C. Macdonald and Elaine S. Andersen},
title = {Working With Limited Memory: Sentence Comprehension In Alzheimers Disease},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION Patients with Alzheimers Disease (AD) have substantial impairment in many cognitive domains, including language processing. The most obvious and best studied language problems in Alzheimer s patients are in production: the frequency and nature of word-finding difficulties in AD have been the subject of much research (e.g., Bayles, Tomoeda & Trosset, 1990; Huff, Corkin & Growdon, 1986; Kempler, Andersen & Henderson, 1995). By comparison, relatively little research has addressed the comprehension problems which also impair Alzheimer patients abilities to answer questions, follow instructions, and participate in conversations. Because the language comprehension problems in AD occur in the context of memory and other cognitive impairments, it is difficult to determine the underlying cause of the comprehension impairments. In particular, because of the early and pronounced short term and working memory deficits in AD (e.g., Baddeley, Della Sala & Spinler, 1991), it is
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