Communicative responsibility and semantic task in the language of adults with dementia.
A probe technique requiring convergent and divergent semantic behavior and representing five levels of communicative responsibility served as the research tool. Stimuli were presented to adults identified as having Alzheimer disease or multi-infarct dementia. Within each group differences were observed on the semantic task (convergent and divergent) and on communicative responsibility. Group characteristics are compared with data previously published in 1994 on aphasic and schizophrenic adults responding to the same stimuli.
Goldfarb
Robert
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Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA. Goldfarb2@adelphi.edu
Goldberg
Elmera
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001037:Aphasia / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012660:Semantics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index