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Cognitive changes

McKinlay, A., Grace, R. C., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Roger, D. (2009). Cognitive characteristics associated with mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease. Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 28(2), 121-129.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The aim of this New Zealand study was to identify different cognitive subgroups associated with Parkinson’s disease. A broad range of neuropsychological measures and cognitive domains were used in a cluster analysis to identify subgroups of patients. Three subgroups of patients were identified.
Keywords:
Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson’s, Parkinsons, MCI, mild cognitive impairment
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Miyahara, M. (2003). Effects on memory of verbal labelling for hand movements in persons with Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 18(6), 349-352.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This New Zealand study examined whether patients diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer type could form verbal labels to remember non-meaningful sequences of hand movements, spontaneously or with instruction and whether this was related to score on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). 
Keywords:
cognitive, Alzheimers, Alzheimer’s, memory
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Tippett, L. J., Blackwood, K., & Farah, M. J. (2003). Visual object and face processing in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease: From segmentation to imagination. Neuropsychologia, 41(4), 453-468.
Type:
Research article
Description:
Little is known about the fate of higher level visual perception and visual mental imagery in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. This study assessed these abilities in a group of New Zealanders with mild-to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Keywords:
cognitive, Alzheimers, Alzheimer’s, visual, perception, mental imagery
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Tippett, L. J., Meier, S. L., Blackwood, K., & Diaz-Asper, C. (2007). Category specific deficits in Alzheimer's disease: Fact or artefact? Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 43(7), 907-920. 
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study reports two New Zealand experiments investigating whether impairments in semantic memory that commonly occur in Alzheimer's Disease occur along category- specific lines. The authors conclude that AD does not generally lead to a selective category loss in semantic knowledge.
Keywords:
cognitive, Alzheimers, Alzheimer’s, semantic, semantic processing, processing
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