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Sentence comprehension in multiple sclerosis

M Grossman1, K M Robinson, K Onishi

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
|October 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Sentence comprehension difficulties in multiple sclerosis (MS) are linked to slower information processing speed. This study confirms that processing speed impacts sentence understanding in individuals with MS.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Slowed information processing speed is a proposed cause of sentence processing deficits in aphasia.
  • This study investigates sentence comprehension in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its relationship to information processing speed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate sentence comprehension in individuals with MS.
  • To determine if slowed information processing speed underlies sentence comprehension difficulties in MS.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty individuals with MS and 16 healthy controls completed three grammatical sentence comprehension tasks.
  • Performance on comprehension tasks was correlated with measures of mental information processing speed.

Main Results:

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  • A trend towards impaired sentence comprehension was observed in the MS group.
  • A subgroup of MS patients exhibited significant, consistent deficits across all comprehension tasks.
  • These comprehension deficits were associated with compromised mental information processing speed.

Conclusions:

  • Sentence comprehension difficulty in MS is associated with slowed information processing speed.
  • This finding supports the role of information processing speed in sentence processing abilities.