The assessment of language and communication in dementia: A synthesis of evidence

L Krein, YH Jeon, AM Amberber, J Fethney - The American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Without the current option of a dementia cure, there is an existing need to focus on
rehabilitation intervention. This includes interventions that address language and …

Heterogeneity of repetition abilities in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia

J Macoir, V Martel-Sauvageau, L Bouvier… - Dementia & …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
The differential diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is challenging due to
overlapping clinical manifestations of the different variants of the disease. This is particularly …

The use of executive fluency tasks to detect cognitive impairment in individuals with subjective cognitive decline

J Macoir, P Tremblay, C Hudon - Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objective: Although evidence has indicated that subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be
an early sign of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the objectification of cognitive impairment in SCD …

Exploring Cognitive-Pragmatic Heterogeneity Following Acquired Brain Injury: A Cluster Analysis of Hint Comprehension

N Cordonier, M Fossard, Y Tillé… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Difficulties understanding nonliteral language (especially hints) are frequently
reported following acquired brain injury (ABI). Several cognitive mechanisms, such as …

The course of primary progressive aphasia diagnosis: a cross-sectional study

A Mouton, A Plonka, R Fabre, TM Tran… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2022 - Springer
Background The primary progressive aphasia (PPA) diagnosis trajectory is debated, as
several changes in diagnosis occur during PPA course, due to phenotype evolution from …

The impact of phonological short-term memory impairment on verbal repetition in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia

J Macoir, R Laforce, M Lavoie - Aging, Neuropsychology, and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is characterized mainly by
anomia, production of phonological errors, and impairment in repetition of sentences. The …

Decision-Making in Alzheimer's Disease: The Role of Working Memory and Executive Functions in the Iowa Gambling Task and in Tasks Inspired by Everyday …

F Gaubert, C Borg, H Chainay - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) negatively impacts patients' ability to make
advantageous decisions, ie, a core ability contributing to the preservation of autonomy …

Are subjective language complaints in memory clinic patients informative?

S Malyutina, A Zabolotskaia, V Savilov… - Aging …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To diagnose mild cognitive impairment, it is crucial to understand whether subjective
cognitive complaints reflect objective cognitive deficits. This question has mostly been …

Validation of and normative data of the DVAQ-30, a new video-naming test for assessing verb anomia

J Macoir, S Routhier, N Auclair-Ouellet… - Archives of Clinical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective Anomia is usually assessed using picture-naming tests. While many tests evaluate
anomia for nouns, very few tests have been specifically designed for verb anomia. This …

Sentence repetition span in primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer's disease: insights from preliminary results

S Arslan, A Plonka, A Mouton, J Lemaire… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a neurocognitive disorder ascribed to cortical atrophy
impacting language abilities. It is widely classified into three main variants, logopenic PPA …