Materials and methods This test is a modification of one used clinically by Denny-Brown.’In
his test several lines are drawn at random on an unlined sheet of paper, and the subject is …

Background Critically ill patients have considerable oxidative stress. Glutamine and antioxidant
supplementation may offer therapeutic benefit, although current data are conflicting. …

This volume brings to light: (1) studies on the effects of different ways of acquiring and
teaching a second language; (2) psychological studies on lexical organization in the bilingual …

Progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele et al.) has a characteristic pattern of dementia: (1)
forgetfulness, (2) slowing of thought processes, (3) emotional or personality changes (apathy …

A new form of language therapy has been used successfully with aphasic patients who had
severe, long-term, stable defects and for whom other forms of therapy had failed. One …

The concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) draws attention to cognitive changes not
severe enough to warrant the diagnosis of dementia. As used today, it covers many …

We propose a new taxonomy for perseveration consisting of three categories which are
distinctive at the levels of clinical features, process, and neuroanatomy. Stuck-in-set …

A study is presented which is concerned with a new form of language therapy for aphasia
called Melodic Intonation Therapy. This program involves sung intonation of propositional …

Fourteen measures of empty speech during a picture description task were examined in four
subject groups—patients with Alzheimer's dementia, Wernicke's aphasias, anomic aphasias…

Importance The evidence for benefit of convalescent plasma for critically ill patients with
COVID-19 is inconclusive. Objective To determine whether convalescent plasma would improve …