Cognitive writing process characteristics in Alzheimer's disease.

In the current project we would like to test for the very first time the complementary diagnostic accuracy for AD, mainly focusing on cognitive and linguistic aspects that characterize the process of written language production. By adding a complementary processdimension to study language production, we hope to further improve the quality, efficiency and effectivity of this potential diagnostic tool. Moreover, on a more fundamental level, we would like to investigate analysing techniques to discriminate (grapho)motor activities from cognitive activities during writing. The study consists of two procedural

Keywords:WRITING PROCESSES, ALZHEIMER

Disciplines:Linguistics, Theory and methodology of linguistics, Other languages and literary studies