title: Lexical-semantic organization: evidence from aphasia.
abstract: The emerging field of clinical neuroscience requires the combination of diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of brain function. The study of neurogenic language disorders has played a central role in the development of models of language/brain relationships. These contributions are reviewed with regard to the study of word processing impairments in aphasia, where data from brain-damaged patients has been used to guide the development of models of lexical/semantic organization. It is argued that the study of aphasic patients will continue to occupy a central role in both neuroscience and clinical research as new technologies are developed for functional brain imaging and as theoretically driven treatments for aphasia are designed and tested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Berndt
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Mitchum
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D012660:Semantics