Andrea Gajardo-Vidal, Maxime Montembeault, Diego L Lorca-Puls, Abigail E Licata, Rian Bogley, Sabrina Erlhoff, Buddhika Ratnasiri, Zoe Ezzes, Giovanni Battistella, Elena Tsoy, Christa Watson Pereira, Jessica DeLeon, Boon Lead Tee, Maya L Henry, Zachary A Miller, Katherine P Rankin, Maria Luisa Mandelli, Katherine L Possin, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini
Prior research has revealed distinctive patterns of impaired language abilities across the three variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA): nonfluent/agrammatic (nfvPPA), logopenic (lvPPA) and semantic (svPPA). However, little is known about whether, and to what extent, non-verbal cognitive abilities, such as processing speed, are impacted in PPA patients. This is because neuropsychological tests typically contain linguistic stimuli and require spoken output, being therefore sensitive to verbal deficits in aphasic patients...
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