Alzheimer's: what changes in language could be an early warning. An additional indicator is added to memory failures.
People with mild cognitive impairment had difficulty processing certain ambiguous sentences. The study identified a key deficit in people with MCI, which is related to the production of complex language. This deficit is independent of the memory deficit that characterizes this group and may provide an additional “cognitive biomarker” to aid in early detection – the time when treatments, as they continue to be developed, are most effective.