Study of verbal automatisms in elderly

Citation
J. Metellus et B. Randianarisoa, Study of verbal automatisms in elderly, ANN MED PSY, 158(9), 2000, pp. 723-728
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Psycology & Psychiatry
Journal title
ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES
ISSN journal
00034487 → ACNP
Volume
158
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
723 - 728
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4487(200011)158:9<723:SOVAIE>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A specific language battery has been built up in order to assess verbal aut omatisms in old aphasic patients, in patients with dementia of the Alzheime r type, in Parkinsonians as well as in long-term hospitalized elderly subje cts. Even though the protocol has indeed some imperfections, it yielded dat a and results that are no longer compatible with the notion of "automatic/v oluntary dissociation" such as advocated by Jackson, Baillarger and Alajoua nine. It finally seems that cognitive psychology leads to a new type of int erpretation.