Which language is more affected in bilinguals with Alzheimer’s disease? Diagnostic sensitivity of the Multilingual Naming Test.

Conclusions: Testing primarily or exclusively in the dominant language is best for detecting AD naming impairments in bilinguals. However, AD affects the ability to access names in both languages, possibly for different reasons, and simple descriptions of language decline as “parallel” or “asymmetrical” (i.e., AD affecting one language more than the other) may be misleading in terms of the theoretical implications for bilingual language processing. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Neuropsychology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research