Speech Analysis From a Dyadic Interaction Social Skills Assessment Task in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Normal Cognition
Objective: Identification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), an established precursor to Alzheimer's disease, is critical for timely intervention prior to accrual of severe functional deficits.Communication deficits may be early markers of cognitive decline.Speech analysis, including acoustic and linguistic features, have demonstrated promise in distinguishing aMCI from cognitively unimpaired (CU) adults.Most work has relied on monologic speech samples.Dyadic interaction tasks, which reflect real-world social communication demands, are understudied.This study evaluated whether speech analysis derived from the Social Skills
Authors
- Varsha D. Badal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7281-9136)
- Philip Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-3102)
- Laura M. Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9790-1603)
- Amy E. Pinkham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2803-4520)
- Colin A. Depp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1841-6229)
- Raeanne C. Moore
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
- The University of Texas at Dallas (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- VA San Diego Healthcare System (US)
- Miami VA Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Open Science Education and Practice
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.osep.2026.03.006
- Primary Topic
- Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health