PMID: 6168428Apr 1, 1981Paper

Lexical meaning: a case report, some striking phenomena, theoretical implications

Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior
G DelocheM Desi

Abstract

A case of global aphasia is reported. In spite of severe impairments in auditory comprehension, as testified by failure in matching spoken words to pictured objects, the patient performed significantly higher than chance level in sorting out the odd item from a spoken list of semantically related words. This preserved ability to achieve the semantic processing of "non-understood" spoken words in the given task is compared to similar experimental data from the study of written word comprehension in dyslexic patients or normal subjects. Taken together, these data call for a procedural approach of the lexicon. In this theoretical framework, lexical meaning should not only be stored and retrieved but it should be computed at each word occurrence.

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Jan 1, 1984·Brain and Language·G Deloche, X Seron
Jun 25, 2008·Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : the Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists·Krzysztof JodzioBarbara Leszniewska-Jodzio
Jan 1, 1984·Brain and Language·O A SelnesA B Rubens
Nov 1, 1992·Brain and Language·M C SilveriG Gainotti

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