Effects of early AD on writing - Iris Murdock Flashcards
(4 cards)
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Intro
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- IM diagnosed with AD at 76
- ## composition of final novel was during AD pathology + was disrupting her cog abilities
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Method
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- concordance software (WAtt) used to transform book into 3 alphabetical lists showing the frequency of each word type
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Results
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- word type counts smallest in her last novel
- Last novel had smallest measures of syntactic complexity
- Higher lexical frequency in last novel
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Discussion
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- early naming problems attributes to disruption of the semantic system + breakdown of episodic memory
- ## smaller, higher frequency vocab but relatively unchanged structures is consistent with temporal lobe distribution
