title: Optic aphasia: evidence of the contribution of different neural systems to object and action naming.
abstract: Visual stimulus naming was studied in a 66-year-old male patient with optic aphasia subsequent to left occipito-temporal infarction. While having difficulty in naming objects perceived visually, he was able to name objects by viewing gestures illustrating their use, and to name actions shown in pictures. These results suggest that naming performance depends on the kind of stimulus that is visually presented (object vs. action). The present findings lend support to congnitive models which postulate the existence of visual and functional semantic systems.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neuropsychologie, Université la Mediterranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giusiano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceccaldi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poncet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000849:Anomia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012660:Semantics; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology