title: Neuropsychological evidence for "word-meaning deafness" in a Spanish-speaking patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. pilar.martin@uam.es
authors.forename: Pilar Martín
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Plasencia
authors.forename: Jaime Iglesias
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Dorado
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Serrano Rodríguez
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sellán
mesh_terms: 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