Vocabulary Size in Speech May Be an Early Indicator of Cognitive Impairment.

Vocabulary Size in Speech May Be an Early Indicator of Cognitive Impairment.

Little is known about the relationship between mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and changes to language abilities. Here, we used the revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale (HDS-R) to identify suspected MCI in elderly individuals. We then analyzed written and spoken narratives to compare the language abiliti...

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Main Authors: Eiji Aramaki, Shuko Shikata, Mai Miyabe, Ayae Kinoshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4866705?pdf=render

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