title: Spared written naming of proper nouns: a case report.
abstract: In this study we describe an investigation into the residual written word retrieval skills of M.E.D., a patient with a severe aphasia. M.E.D.'s performance on written naming and writing to dictation tasks showed a distinctive pattern of performance across semantic categories. The patient's ability to write the names of countries and famous people was consistently superior to her ability to write the names of objects. These results could be considered as indicative of a double dissociation in the proper nouns category, as there are already patients on record who have a selective deficit in retrieving proper nouns.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cipolotti
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Warrington
mesh_terms: D000849:Anomia; D001037:Aphasia; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009275:Names; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012660:Semantics