Neuropsychological evidence for "word-meaning deafness" in a Spanish-speaking patient.
In this paper we present a case of "word-meaning deafness," characterised by serious problems in the comprehension of spoken language, whilst repetition and writing words and non-words from dictation are preserved. This performance indicates the impossibility of correctly accessing phonological representation from the semantic representation of words. Neuropsychological evidence on specific alterations in word-meaning disorders is scarce, and this study contributes new findings with a Spanish-speaking patient. The nature of the processes involved in understanding language and the cerebral mechanisms that might be affected in each case were discussed, in accordance with current neuropsychological theories.
Plasencia
Pilar Martín
PM
Dpto. de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. pilar.martin@uam.es
Dorado
Jaime Iglesias
JI
Serrano Rodríguez
Juan Manuel
JM
Sellán
Carmen
C
D000368:Aged; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014825:Vocabulary