This article reviews recent evidence for the relationship between extralinguistic cognitive
and language abilities in dementia. A survey of data from investigations of three dementia …

This review discusses the contributions of functional imaging (fMRI/PET) to our
understanding of how action and tool concepts are represented and processed in the …

Recent advances in pervasive computing raise new possibilities for supporting people with
dementia who wish to live in their own homes. Interviews were conducted in order to identify …

Limb apraxia is the loss of the ability to perform voluntary skilled movements, when this loss
cannot be attributed to elemental sensorimotor deficits. Successful manual interactions with …

It has been suggested that both conceptual knowledge and the ability to infer function from
structure can support object use. By contrast, we propose that object use requires solely the …

The pattern of brain atrophy in semantic dementia and its associated cognitive effects have
attracted a considerable body of research, but the nature of core impairments remains …

Publisher Summary This chapter concentrates on manual apraxia but considers foot
postures and axial movements in the section on imitation. Face apraxia is considered in a …

Reflection on the fine-grained information required for visual guidance of action has
suggested that visual content is non-conceptual. I argue that in a common type of visually …

Semantic dementia is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of
conceptual and lexical knowledge. Cortical atrophy remains relatively isolated to anterior …

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