title: Confrontation naming in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy: a quantitative analysis of paraphasic error subtypes.
abstract: Although confrontation naming deficits have been observed in dominant temporal lobe epilepsy (DTLE), the relative contribution of impoverished phonologic word retrieval and/or semantic knowledge remains unclear. Analysis of verbal-semantic, phonemic-literal, and combination paraphasias produced during confrontation naming by participants with seizure disorders (52 DTLE; 47 nondominant temporal lobe epilepsy [NDTLE]; 54 psychogenic nonepileptic seizures [PNES]) indicated that the frequency of: (a) verbal-semantic paraphasias was similar across groups, (b) phonemic-literal paraphasias was highest in DTLE, and (c) combination paraphasias was lowest in PNES. Confrontation naming ability was most strongly related to phonemic-literal paraphasia frequency in DTLE and to verbal IQ in both NDTLE and PNES. Greater confrontation naming deficits in DTLE may be attributed to impairments in phonological processing.
authors.affiliation: Research and Evaluation Methodology Program, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Jamison D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fargo
authors.forename: Bruce K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Schefft
authors.forename: Mario F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Dulay
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Privitera
authors.forename: Hwa-Shain
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000849:Anomia / Q000209:etiology*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D003710:Demography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010700:Phonetics; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*