BACKGROUND Dementia is a new focus of research on improved treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). In 2007, a screening tool for PD dementia (PD-D) was developed by the Movement Disorder Society (Level I testing), which still requires verification by a large population study. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional and multicenter study including 13 institutions administering the Mini-Mental S...

Neurobiological models of depression point to brain regions that are proposed to be involved with both emotion regulation and language processing. This qualitative review focused on neurophysiological evidence for semantic processing and verbal fluency deficits associated with left frontal lobe and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functioning in depression, respectively. Findings suggest that the...

BACKGROUND This study examines non-verbal (design) and verbal (phonemic and semantic) fluency in prodromal Huntington's disease (HD). An accumulating body of research indicates subtle deficits in cognitive functioning among prodromal mutation carriers for HD. METHODS Performance was compared between 32 mutation carriers and 38 non-carriers in order to examine the magnitude of impairment acros...

This study investigated the accuracy of several early literacy measures that have been used in research and practice for first grade reading screening. A set of measures, Word Identification Fluency (WIF), Letter Naming Fluency, Phoneme Segmentation Fluency, and Nonsense Word Fluency, were administered as screening measures with 138 first grade students in the fall of the school year. Reading s...

OBJECTIVES Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is regarded either within spectrum of atypical parkinsonian syndromes or frontotemporal lobar degeneration. We compared the verbal, visuospatial and procedural learning profiles in patients with PSP and Parkinson's disease (PD). Furthermore, the relationship between executive factors (initiation and inhibition) and learning outcomes was analyzed. ...

Because of permanent use-dependent brain plasticity, all lifelong individuals' experiences are believed to influence the cognitive aging quality. In older individuals, both former and current musical practices have been associated with better verbal skills, visual memory, processing speed, and planning function. This work sought for an interaction between musical practice and cognitive aging by...

Neurobiological models of depression point to brain regions that are proposed to be involved with both emotion regulation and language processing. This qualitative review focused on neurophysiological evidence for semantic processing and verbal fluency deficits associated with left frontal lobe and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functioning in depression, respectively. Findings suggest that the...

This study aims to find out the effect of neurological impress method on reading ability English text dyslexic students, including phonemic awareness, fluency, and comprehension. intends determine use boost students in Galuh Handayani Inclusive School Surabaya. The participants this are three two teachers. data were collected through observation interview analyzed by using descriptive qualitati...