We report on the spoken language of 48 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type
(DAT) who were divided into three approximately equal subgroups on the basis of the Mini-
Mental State Examination (minimal 24–29, mild 17–23, and moderate 3–16) and 18 …

… It is argued that the sensitivity of the Cookie Theft picture description task to these impairments
makes it an ideal assessment tool for any investigation which aims to identify pragmatic
markers of neurodegenerative diseases such as the dementias …

… DISCUSSION. Analyses of the concepts used within the “cookie theft” picture description
task and the coherence of topic have confirmed education level as a highly important
variable affecting the performance of non‐brain‐damaged adults …

… Instruments. — Three line drawings were used in the discourse/picture description
task. One of these drawings was the cookie theft picture from the Boston Diagnostic
Aphasia Examination (Goodglass & Kaplan, 1976, 1983) …

… Elaine Giles, Karalyn Patterson, and John R. Hodges. 1996. Performance on the boston cookie
theft picture description task in patients with early dementia of the alzheimers type: missing
information. Aphasiology, 10(4):395–408. Harold Goodglass and Edith Kaplan. 1983 …

Problem/Hypothesis: Expressive language deficits, such as word finding, are common
following a stroke and inhibit effective communication, as well as quality of life. Clinically,
there is a paucity of sensitive and efficient tools for acute bedside administration to …

… Methods. Transcriptions and audio recordings of the Cookie Theft picture description task
were used … Over the years, several authors have come up with predefined lists of ICUs for
the Cookie Theft picture description task [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21] …

… two proportions for each description: (1) CIUs/words = a measure of efficiency in producing
accurate information; (2) EIUs/CIUs = a measure of enumeration. RESULTS The subjects
produced more words in response to the Mercer Mayer picture than the Cookie Theft pictures …

… Validierungsstudie zum Cookie Theft Picture Test. Früherkennung von
Demenzerkrankungen anhand von sprachlichen AuffälligkeitenValidity Study of the Cookie
Theft Picture TestEarly Detection of Dementia Based on Linguistic Abnormalities …

… A neuropsychological battery administered three times to these participants included a written
description of the Cookie-theft picture … Performance on the Boston Cookie-theft picture description
task in patients with early dementia of the Alzheimer's type: missing information …