Neuropsychological evidence for “word-meaning deafness” in a Spanish-speaking patient

In this paper we present a case of “word-meaning deafness,” characterised by serious problems in the comprehension of spoken language, whilst repetition and writing words and non-words from dictation are preserved. This performance indicates the impossibility of correctly accessing phonological repr...

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Autores: Martín Plasencia, Pilar, Iglesias Dorado, Jaime, Serrano Rodríguez, Juan Manuel, Sellán Soto, María Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/749640
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10486/749640
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2005.10.009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Neuropsychology of language
Cognitive neuropsychology
Word-meaning deafness
Semantic system
Phonological system
Orthographic system
Enfermería
Psicología
Medicina
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Sumario:In this paper we present a case of “word-meaning deafness,” characterised by serious problems in the comprehension of spoken language, whilst repetition and writing words and non-words from dictation are preserved. This performance indicates the impossibility of correctly accessing phonological representation from the semantic representation of words. Neuropsychological evidence on specific alterations in word-meaning disorders is scarce, and this study contributes new findings with a Spanish-speaking patient. The nature of the processes involved in understanding language and the cerebral mechanisms that might be affected in each case were discussed, in accordance with current neuropsychological theories