The Deterioration of Semantic Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease

  1. Martínez-Nicolás, Israel 11
  2. Carro, Juan 11
  3. Llorente, Thide E. 11
  4. Meilán, Juan José García 11
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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Libro:
Alzheimer’s Disease
  1. Thomas Wisniewski (coord.)

ISBN: 9780646809687

Año de publicación: 2019

Páginas: 179-191

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

DOI: 10.15586/ALZHEIMERSDISEASE.2019.CH11 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible

Resumen

Language impairments in Alzheimer’s disease may appear at the prodro- mal stage. The most significant impairment is found at the lexical-semantic pro- cess level, which is explained either by a degradation of the areas that store the semantic network or by a failure at retrieving the information from that network. Regardless of the retrieval failure happening, there is evidence of the degradation of the semantic network at some levels. Several studies support the bottom-up breakdown, according to which the loss starts at the specific concept attribute level, along with the link with its coordinates, while superordinates are preserved. Some characteristics can affect this loss such as familiarity, age of acquisition, fre- quency, or affective features. While classic studies have focused on concrete neu- tral nouns, recent research is exploring the role of emotion. Since emotional processes strengthen the semantic relationship between concepts, it could be a relevant dimension for the preservation of the semantic network

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