Publications
Preprints
Gallée, J., … Ezzes, Z., … Crane, P.K. (Accepted). The progressive aphasia communication toolkit (PACT): A strengths-based approach to multidomain evaluation for intervention. medRxiv Preprint available at: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.11.25.25340904v1
Montembeault, M., ... Ezzes, Z., ... Gorno-Tempini, M.L. (Under Review). Multimodal semantic knowledge of emotion concepts in frontotemporal dementia. medRxiv Preprint available at: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.12.26343893v1
Clarke, N., Morin, B., Bedetti, C., Bogley, R., Pellerin, S., Houzé, B., Ramkrishnan, S., Ezzes, Z., Miller, Z.A., Gorno-Tempini, M.L., Vonk, J.M.J., Brambari, S.M. (Under Review). Automated transcription in primary progressive aphasia: Accuracy and effects on classification. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. medRxiv Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.24.26346981
Vonk, J.M.J., Lian, J., Cho, C.J., Antonicelli, G., Ezzes, Z., Wauters, L., Keegan-Rodewald, W., Kurteff, L., Rodriguez, D., Dronkers, N., Henry, M.L., Miller, Z.A., Mandelli, M.L., Anumanchipalli, G., Gorno-Tempini, M.L. (Under Review). AI-based speech error detection to differentiate primary progressive aphasia variants. Brain Communications. medRxiv Preprint available at: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.23.26346899v1
Gallingani, C., Miller, Z.A., Mandelli, M.L., Rosen, H.J., Ezzes, Z., Lin, M., Rodriguez, D.A., Grinberg, L.T., Spina, S., Seeley, W.W., Miller, B.L., Gorno-Tempini, M.L., Pinheiro-Chagas, P. (Under Review). Agentic generative artificial intelligence system for classification of pathology-confirmed primary progressive aphasia variants. medRxiv Preprint available at: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.25338977v3
Santi, G.C., Catricalà, E., Kwan, S., Wong, A., Ezzes, Z., Wauters, L., Esposito, V ., Conca, F., Gibbons, D., Fernandez, E., Santos-Santos, M.A., TaFu, C., Li-Ying, K.C., Lo, R., Tsoh, J., Chan, L.T., Garcia, A.M., de Leon, J., Miller, Z.A., V onk, J., Bruffaerts, R., Grasso, S.M., Allen, I.E., Cappa, S.F., Gorno-Tempini, M.L., & Tee, B.L. (Under Review). Cross-linguistic analysis of speech markers: Insights from English, Chinese, and Italian speakers. medRxiv Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.15.24314191
Peer-reviewed articles
Gilioli, A., Nordio, S., Ezzes, Z., V olpato, C., Meneghello, F., Zettin, M., Semenza, C., & D’Imperio, D. (2025). An imitation-based treatment for ataxic dysarthria: a retrospective multiple single-case study. Biomedicines, 13(7), 1666. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines13071666
Ulugut, H., Mandelli, M.L., Gilioli, A., Ezzes, Z., Pillai, J., Baquirin, D.P., Wallman-Jones, A., Gerenza, A., Palser, E.R., Scheffler, A., Battistella, G., Cobigo, Y ., Rosen, H.J., Miller, Z.A., Younes, K., Miller, B.L., Kramer, J.H., Seeley, W.W., Sturm, V .E., Rankin, K.P., & Gorno-Tempini, M.L. (2025). Network changes associated with right anterior temporal lobe atrophy: insight into unique symptoms. Brain Communications, fcaf251. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaf251
Vonk, J., Morin, B., Pillai, J., Rosado Rolon, D., Bogley, R., Baquirin, D.P., Ezzes, Z., Wauters, L., Lukic, S., Montembeault, M., Younes, K., Miller, Z. A., Mandelli, M.L., Garcia, A. M., Sturm, V . E., Miller, B. L., & Gorno-Tempini, M.L. (2025). Automated speech analysis to differentiate frontal and right anterior temporal lobe atrophy in frontotemporal dementia. Neurology, 104(9). https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213556
Yadollahikhales, G., Mandelli, M.L., Ezzes, Z., Pillai, J., Ratnasiri, B., Baquirin, D.P., Miller, Z.A., DeLeon, J., Tee, B.L., Seeley, W.W., Rosen, H., Sturm, V ., Gorno-Tempini, M.L., & Montembault, M. (2024). Perceptual and semantic deficits in face recognition in semantic dementia. Neuropsychologia, 205, 109020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.109020
Gajardo-Vidal, A., Montembeault, M., Lorca-Puls, D., Licata, A., Bogley, R., Erlhoff, S., Ratnasiri, B., Ezzes, Z., Battistella, G., Tsoy, E., Watson, C., de Leon, J., Tee, B.L., Rankin, K., Henry, M.L., Miller, Z.A., Mandelli, M.L., Possin, K., & Gorno-Tempini, M.L. (2024). Assessing processing speed and executive functioning in the three variants of primary progressive aphasia with a non-verbal tablet-based task. Cortex, 171, 165-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.10.011
Illán-Gala, I., Lorca-Puls, D. L., Tee, B. L., Ezzes, Z., de Leon, J., Miller, Z. A., Rubio-Guerra, S., Santos-Santos, M., Gómez-Andrés, D., Grinberg, L. T., Spina, S., Kramer, J. H., Wauters, L. D., Henry, M. L., Boxer, A. L., Rosen, H. J., Miller, B. L., Seeley, W. W., Mandelli, M. L., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2023). Clinical dimensions along the non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum. Brain, 147(4), 1511-1525. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad396
Lorca-Puls, D. L., Gajardo-Vidal, A., Mandelli, M. L., Illán-Gala, I., Ezzes, Z., Wauters, L. D., Battistella, G., Bogley, R., Ratnasiri, B., Licata, A. E., Battista, P., García, A. M., Tee, B. L., Lukic, S., Boxer, A. L., Rosen, H. J., Seeley, W. W., Grinberg, L. T., Spina, S., Miller, B. L., Miller, Z.A., Henry, M.L., Dronkers, N., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L. (2023). Neural basis of speech and grammar symptoms in non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum. Brain, 147(2), 607-626. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad327
Ezzes, Z., Schneck, S.M., Casilio, M., Fromm, D., Mefferd, A.S., de Riesthal, M., & Wilson, S.M. (2022). An open dataset of connected speech in aphasia with consensus ratings of auditory-perceptual features. Data, 7(11), 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/data7110148