More Delusions May Be Observed in Low-Proficient Multilingual Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

Language impairment and behavioral symptoms are both common phenomena in dementia patients. In this study, we investigated the behavioral symptoms in dementia patients with different language backgrounds. Through this, we aimed to propose a possible connection between language and delusion. We recru...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0140714
Main Authors:	Liu, Yi-Chien, Liu, Yen-Ying, Yip, Ping-Keung, Akanuma, Kyoko, Meguro, Kenichi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 10.11.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Activities of Daily Living Aged Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease - psychology Alzheimer's disease Bilingualism Brain Caregivers Case-Control Studies Chinese languages Cognition Cognitive ability Degeneration Delusions Delusions - epidemiology Delusions - etiology Delusions - psychology Dementia Dementia disorders Development and progression Education Emotions Environmental education Female Geriatrics Health aspects Hospitals Humans Incidence Language Language Disorders - epidemiology Language Disorders - etiology Language Disorders - psychology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Memory Multilingualism Naming Natural language processing Neurodegeneration Neurodegenerative diseases Neurology Neuropsychological Tests Neuropsychology Paranoid Behavior - etiology Paranoid Behavior - psychology Pathology Patients Psychological Trauma - psychology Risk factors Severity of Illness Index Studies Taiwan Temporal Lobe - pathology Temporal Lobe - physiopathology Taiwan
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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