Lexical knowledge in anterior and posterior aphasics |
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Authors: | Ellen Grober Ellen Perecman Lucia Kellar Jason Brown |
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Institution: | New York University Medical Center USA |
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Abstract: | A semantic categorization task was used to assess the structure of lexical knowledge in anterior and posterior aphasics. In general responses were faster for typical category members than for atypical ones and slower for semantically related nonmembers than for unrelated ones. Both groups performed at a high level of accuracy when classifying typical category members and semantically unrelated nonmembers. Their performance diverged at the category boundary. Anterior aphasics maintained relatively high levels of accuracy when classifying atypical category members and semantically related nonmembers while posterior aphasics did not. These results point to differences in the status of lexical knowledge for anterior and posterior aphasics. |
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Keywords: | Address for reprints: Ellen Grober Department of Neurology Goldwater Memorial Hospital Roosevelt Island NY 10044 |
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