Syntax, action verbs, action semantics, and object semantics in Parkinson's disease: Dissociability, progression, and executive influences

Cortex ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 237-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamile Bocanegra ◽  
Adolfo M. García ◽  
David Pineda ◽  
Omar Buriticá ◽  
Andrés Villegas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Action Semantics ◽  
Action Verbs

scholarly journals Parkinson’s disease disrupts both automatic and controlled processing of action verbs

2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Fernandino ◽  
Lisa L. Conant ◽  
Jeffrey R. Binder ◽  
Karen Blindauer ◽  
Bradley Hiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Controlled Processing ◽  
Action Verbs

scholarly journals Word processing in Parkinson's disease is impaired for action verbs but not for concrete nouns

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 743-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véronique Boulenger ◽  
Laura Mechtouff ◽  
Stéphane Thobois ◽  
Emmanuel Broussolle ◽  
Marc Jeannerod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Concrete Nouns ◽  
Action Verbs

Words in motion: Motor-language coupling in Parkinson’s disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo García ◽  
Agustín Ibáñez
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Prodromal Stage ◽  
Action Verb ◽  
Neural Integration ◽  
Action Language ◽  
Electrophysiological Studies ◽  
Verb Processing ◽  
Motor Actions ◽  
Action Verbs

AbstractA growing body of evidence indicates that neurodegenerative motor disorders involved high-order cognitive dysfunctions. Crucially, evidence obtained in multiple behavioral, neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies points to selective impairments of action language -that is, processing of linguistic stimuli denoting motor actions, including idioms (e.g., cut a rug) and action verbs (e.g., clap). Action-verb deficits (with relative preservation of noun processing) have been repeatedly documented in Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, research on relevant biomarkers is still scant, and clinical implications of these findings have not yet been formally discussed. Relevant insights may be obtained through the assessment of motor-language coupling (i.e., the behavioral and neural integration of action-verb processing and ongoing motor actions). We propose that motorlanguage coupling deficits, as indexed by a cortical-subcortical network, may constitute an early neurocognitive marker of PD. Specifically, deficits in this domain at the prodromal stage may be detected through the actionsentence compatibility (ACE) paradigm, which induces a contextual coupling of ongoing motor actions and action-verb processing. Our translational proposal is supported and illustrated by recent studies demonstrating the sensitivity of the ACE technique as well as its potential to assist in differential diagnosis and interventionprogram design.

scholarly journals 1.200 Word processing in Parkinson's disease is impaired for action verbs but not for concrete nouns

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. S60
Author(s):  
S. Thobois ◽  
V. Boulenger ◽  
L. Mechtouff ◽  
E. Broussolle ◽  
M. Jeannerod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Concrete Nouns ◽  
Action Verbs

scholarly journals Action/Verb processing: Debates in neuroimaging and the contribution of studies in patients with Parkinson's disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrique Salmazo da Silva ◽  
Juliana Machado ◽  
André Cravo ◽  
Maria Alice de Mattos Pimenta Parente ◽  
Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Semantic Processing ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Psycholinguistic Variables ◽  
Verb Processing ◽  
Cognition Model ◽  
Action Verbs ◽  
Neuroimaging Techniques

ABSTRACT The objective of the current review was to verify whether studies investigating lexical-semantic difficulties in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) support the Embodied Cognition model. Under this framework, it is predicted that patients with PD will have more difficulties in the semantic processing of action concepts (action verbs) than of motionless objects. We also verified how and whether these studies are following current debates of Neuroscience, particularly the debate between the Lexical and the Embodied Cognition models. Recent neuroimaging studies on the neural basis of the semantics of verbs were presented, as well as others that focused on the neural processing of verbs in PD. We concluded that few studies suitably verified the Embodied Cognition theory in the context of PD, especially using neuroimaging techniques. These limitations show there is much to investigate on the semantic difficulties with action verbs in these patients, where it is particularly important to control for psycholinguistic variables and the inherent semantic characteristics of verbs in future studies.

Subthalamic nucleus activity in the processing of body and mental action verbs in people with Parkinson’s disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 104738
Author(s):  
M. De Letter ◽  
A. Bruggeman ◽  
K. De Keyser ◽  
P. Van Mierlo ◽  
H. Buysse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Subthalamic Nucleus ◽  
Mental Action ◽  
Action Verbs

scholarly journals Impaired Comprehension of Speed Verbs in Parkinson’s Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 412-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura J. Speed ◽  
Wessel O. van Dam ◽  
Priyantha Hirath ◽  
Gabriella Vigliocco ◽  
Rutvik H. Desai
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Similarity Judgment ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Motor Deficits ◽  
Action Simulation ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Action Verbs ◽  
Crucial Test ◽  
Processing Language

AbstractObjectives:A wealth of studies provide evidence for action simulation during language comprehension. Recent research suggests such action simulations might be sensitive to fine-grained information, such as speed. Here, we present a crucial test for action simulation of speed in language by assessing speed comprehension in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Based on the patients’ motor deficits, we hypothesized that the speed of motion described in language would modulate their performance in semantic tasks. Specifically, they would have more difficulty processing language about relatively fast speed than language about slow speed.Methods:We conducted a semantic similarity judgment task on fast and slow action verbs in patients with PD and age-matched healthy controls. Participants had to decide which of two verbs most closely matched a target word.Results:Compared to controls, PD patients were slower making judgments about fast action verbs, but not for judgments about slow action verbs, suggesting impairment in processing language about fast action. Moreover, this impairment was specific to verbs describing fast action performed with the hand.Conclusions:Problems moving quickly lead to difficulties comprehending language about moving quickly. This study provides evidence that speed is an important part of action representations. (JINS, 2017,23, 412–420)

scholarly journals LEXICAL-SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF ACTIONS/VERBS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayse Souza ◽  
Henrique Salmazo- Silva ◽  
Roberta Baradel ◽  
Reynaldo Sandrini ◽  
Katerina Lukasova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Semantic Processing ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Semantic Association ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Semantic Access ◽  
Therapeutic Alternatives ◽  
Action Verbs

Background: Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease present motor and cognitive impairment. In the language domain PD is a good model to study the functional contribution of the motor system to language processing. Objective: To investigate the performance of Parkinson’s disease patients on a lexical-semantic processing task of action verbs, compared to cognitively healthy controls. Methods: Parkinson’s patients performed the naming (n=25) and semantic association (n=19) tests of the Kisssing and Dancing Test - KDT, adapted by Baradel (2016). Patients were compared to cognitively healthy controls (n=44). Results: We observed a difference in performance on the naming (t[47]=-2.609, p=0.012) and semantic verb association (t[36]=-4.795, p=0.000) tasks between the groups. Parkinson’s patients had lower mean scores than healthy controls on both the naming and semantic association tasks. Conclusion: Parkinson’s patients may exhibit difficulties in lexical and semantic access of language with action content compared to healthy subjects. These results are consistent with Embodied Cognition and may support therapeutic alternatives in the field of language neuroscience.

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