Journal article
Reversing Ribot: Does regression hold in language of prodromal Alzheimer’s disease?
Abstract
We consider the regression or retrogenesis hypothesis, which argues that order of acquisition in development is reversed in neurodegeneration or pathology. Originally proposed as a regression hypothesis for the study of memory disorders, specifically retrograde amnesia, by Ribot (1881), it has been extended to the study of brain aging and pathology and to language. We investigate this hypothesis in a new study of language development, aging, …
Authors
Lust B; Flynn S; Sherman JC; Gair J; Henderson CR; Cordella C; Whitlock J; Mancuso S; Chen Z; Costigan A
Journal
Brain and Language, Vol. 143, , pp. 1–10
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.bandl.2015.01.013
ISSN
0093-934X