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Are object naming capacities affected in Parkinson's Disease? Exploration of picture naming abilities and associated cognitive deficits
Verhaegen, Clémence; Delvaux, Véronique; Huet, Kathy et al.
2021In Aphasiology
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Keywords :
[en] Parkinson's Disease; [en] word naming difficulties; [en] cognitive processing speed; [en] executive functions
Abstract :
[en] Background: The presence of naming difficulties in Parkinson's Disease (PD), especially object naming difficulties, as well as the associate cognitive difficulties, remains a controversial topic. Aims: This study assesses object naming capacities in PD patients and the cognitive impairment related to the patients' word naming difficulties, whether linguistic, executive or associated to slower cognitive processing speed. Methods and Procedures: To that aim, 46 PD patients and 48 control participants were presented with a picture naming task of objects. Specific language difficulties were examined by analysing the naming errors, the effects of word frequency and length on naming performances, as well as the patients' semantic performances in semantic matching and synonym judgment tasks. The executive assessment consisted of working memory, inhibition, flexibility and updating tasks, and cognitive processing speed was explored through an odd/even judgment task. Outcomes and Results: The results show that PD patients have lower object naming scores. Regarding the associate cognitive impairment, the outcomes reveal that naming difficulties are related to updating difficulties and slower cognitive processing speed. Conclusions: This study confirms the presence of object naming difficulties in PD. Moreover, the relationships between naming difficulties and executive deficits as well as slower processing speed are in line with many studies that also indicate relationships between executive dysfunction or slower processing speed and language difficulties in PD, but for other tasks.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Verhaegen, Clémence ;  Université de Mons > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Métrologie et Sciences du langage
Delvaux, Véronique  ;  Université de Mons > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Métrologie et Sciences du langage
Huet, Kathy  ;  Université de Mons > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Métrologie et Sciences du langage
Piccaluga, Myriam ;  Université de Mons > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Métrologie et Sciences du langage
Harmegnies, Bernard ;  Université de Mons > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Métrologie et Sciences du langage
Language :
English
Title :
Are object naming capacities affected in Parkinson's Disease? Exploration of picture naming abilities and associated cognitive deficits
Publication date :
17 May 2021
Journal title :
Aphasiology
ISSN :
0268-7038
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Research unit :
P362 - Métrologie et Sciences du langage
Research institute :
R350 - Institut de recherche en sciences et technologies du langage
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