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  • Title: Slowing of information processing in Parkinson's disease.
    Author: Revonsuo A, Portin R, Koivikko L, Rinne JO, Rinne UK.
    Journal: Brain Cogn; 1993 Jan; 21(1):87-110. PubMed ID: 8424865.
    Abstract:
    In this study, we criticize the notion of bradyphrenia and argue that "slowness of thought" in Parkinson's disease (PD) must be analyzed as slowness of different information-processing stages and that unselected patients should not be used in experimental studies. We selected 32 patients with a long history of PD and 50 control subjects. Sixteen patients had mild cognitive deterioration (not dementia) and 16 patients had preserved cognitive capacities; otherwise the groups were matched. By using computerized tests, we investigated three separate stages: automatic and controlled processing and motor programming. The results indicate that patients with mild cognitive deterioration are slower than patients with preserved cognitive capacities or controls in automatic visual and in controlled processing but not in motor programming. We conclude that the slowing of controlled processing reflects the disruption of central neural networks, that a long history of PD does not necessitate cognitive slowing, and that PD is not a neuropsychologically serviceable category.
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