Pronoun-to-noun ratio

1. Mild cognitive impairment is associated with pronoun-to-noun ratio in humans.

   “participants with MCI generated significantly fewer SGT steps than CU participants and used more pronouns relative to nouns”

   HumansMCI versus cognitively unimpaired participants; adjusted for age, education, and estimated IQ67% femalesn = 83

   Preliminary evidence for script generation as an efficient, objective measure of everyday function in older adults

   Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology·11 Oct 2026

More on Mild cognitive impairment

1. Amyloid-beta pathology is associated with pronoun-to-noun ratio in humans (beta=0.03, p = 0.033).

   “higher pronoun‐to‐noun ratio (picture description: beta=0.03, p = 0.033) in Aβ‐positive individuals.”

   Humanspicture description task

   Longitudinal at‐home assessment of connected speech acoustics in Dutch amyloid‐positive cognitively normal adults

   AAIC 2025 abstract·24 Dec 2025