Patients with ALS have difficulty with verbs: Why?
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 17:00
in Psychology & Sociology
According to many scientists the fact that ALS patients experience (in addition to severe motor deficits) greater linguistic difficulty with verbs denoting action compared to nouns denoting objects depends on their motor deficit. The idea is that the motor system plays a role in the semantic encoding of these words. A new study has tested this hypothesis and suggests a major role for the “executive function”.