Open AccessPresence of freezing and naming abilities in Parkinson’s disease
Author(s) -
Giovanni Albania,
Riccardo Pignatti,
Alessandro Mauro,
Carlo Semenza
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
neuropsychological trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1970-321X
pISSN - 1970-3201
DOI - 10.7358/neur-2010-007-alba
Subject(s) - verb , psychology , cognition , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , object (grammar) , audiology , parkinson's disease , disease , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
We found that mildly cognitive impaired patients with PD and freezing are less impaired than comparable patients with PD and no freezing in action naming rather than in object naming. This effect may be attributable to the compensatory activation of Broca’s area. More, the presence of freezing can induce patients to create behavioural strategies, by offering major care on carrying out executive tasks, including verb naming.