Comprehension of syntax and grammar in dementia

The results of the study demonstrated the presence of syntactic and grammatical processing deficits in dementia. The study highlights that grammatical incompetence could suggest a genuine linguistic deficit whereas sentence structure analysis through post interpretation, could place higher demands on working memory. Hence cognitive resource deficits could also be a possible underlying cause for the syntactic comprehension deficits. Further studies are required to explore the interaction of cognitive processes and syntactic comprehension deficits.