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Verbal fluency in bilingual Alzheimer's disease patients.
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Creator
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Salvatierra, Judy Lee, Florida Atlantic University, Rosselli, Monica
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Abstract/Description
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Studies have demonstrated that in verbal fluency tests monolingual AD patients show greater difficulties retrieving words under semantic conditions compared to phonemic. This study tried to determine whether this was reproduced in both languages of Spanish/English bilingual AD patients. Performance on verbal fluency was also compared to AD severity. A difference in performance was found based on language and on cue condition. An interaction between AD severity and cue condition was also found...
Show moreStudies have demonstrated that in verbal fluency tests monolingual AD patients show greater difficulties retrieving words under semantic conditions compared to phonemic. This study tried to determine whether this was reproduced in both languages of Spanish/English bilingual AD patients. Performance on verbal fluency was also compared to AD severity. A difference in performance was found based on language and on cue condition. An interaction between AD severity and cue condition was also found. Patients that were categorized as less severe produced more words under the semantic condition while those that were categorized as more severe did not show a difference between conditions suggesting a faster decline in semantic verbal fluency tests. Furthermore, this pattern was produced in both languages.
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Date Issued
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2003
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13085
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Subject Headings
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Alzheimer's disease--Patients, Speech disorders
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Document (PDF)
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The Effect of Bilingualism and Aging on Inhibitory Control.
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Salvatierra, Judy Lee, Florida Atlantic University, Rosselli, Monica, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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Abstract/Description
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Recent studies have suggested that bilingualism may provide an advantage to older adults on inhibitory control and have a positive effect on some cognitive declines seen in normal aging. This study examined the effects of bilingualism on inhibitory control using a Simon task and a Stroop task on a heterogeneous sample of bilinguals whose level of proficiency on each of their two languages varied widely. Comparison of performances between younger and older monolingual and bilingual...
Show moreRecent studies have suggested that bilingualism may provide an advantage to older adults on inhibitory control and have a positive effect on some cognitive declines seen in normal aging. This study examined the effects of bilingualism on inhibitory control using a Simon task and a Stroop task on a heterogeneous sample of bilinguals whose level of proficiency on each of their two languages varied widely. Comparison of performances between younger and older monolingual and bilingual participants revealed a bilingual advantage on the Simon task. Results support the view that bilingualism increases skills that are associated with selective attention. Additionally, older bilingual adults performed as well as younger bilingual adults suggesting they are not experiencing the age-related declines in the efficiency of inhibitory processes observed in the older monolingual adults. However, a bilingual advantage was not observed on the Stroop task indicating that the advantage may depend on the nature of the distracting stimulus. Bilinguals may be better equipped than monolinguals at inhibiting misleading spatial information but not at inhibiting misleading linguistic information. The performance of balanced and non-balanced bilinguals was similar under both Simon and Stroop tasks suggesting that language level proficiency does not play a role in providing an advantage.
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Date Issued
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2007
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000877
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Subject Headings
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Language acquisition--Age factors, Cognition, Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism--Psychological aspects, Language transfer (Language learning)
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Document (PDF)
