Semantic paralexia: a release of right hemispheric function from left hemispheric control.
In an unselected group of aphasics those patients who produced semantic paralexias had significantly larger lesions than those without semantic paralexias. The possible mechanisms of the release of "alternative" right hemisphere reading from left hemisphere control are discussed.
D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000150:complications; D001041:Aphasia, Wernicke / Q000150:complications; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012660:Semantics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed