| Decision making cognition in primary progressive aphasia. | |
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PMID: 22207422 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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We sought to investigate the decision making profile of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) by assessing patients diagnosed with this disease (n=10), patients diagnosed with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD, n=35), and matched controls (n=14) using the Iowa Gambling Task, a widely used test that mimics real-life decision making. Participants were also evaluated with a complete neuropsychological battery. Patients with PPA were unable to adopt an advantageous strategy on the IGT, which resulted in a flat performance, different to that exhibited by both controls (who showed advantageous decision making) and bvFTD patients (who showed risk-appetitive behavior). The decision making profile of PPA patients was not associated with performance on language tasks and did not differ between sub-variants of the disease (namely, semantic dementia and progressive nonfluent aphasia). Investigating decision making in PPA is crucial both from a theoretical perspective, as it can shed light about the way in which language interacts with other cognitive functions, as well as a clinical standpoint, as it could lead to a more objective detection of impairments of decision making deficits in this condition. |
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Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht; Teresa Torralva; María Roca; Daniela Szenkman; Agustin Ibanez; Pablo Richly; Mariángeles Pose; Facundo Manes |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Behavioural neurology Volume: 25 ISSN: 1875-8584 ISO Abbreviation: Behav Neurol Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-12-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8914585 Medline TA: Behav Neurol Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 45-52 Citation Subset: IM |
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Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO), Buenos Aires, Argentina Institute of Neurosciences, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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