Lexical and buffer effects in reading and in writing Noun-Noun compound nouns.
Reading and writing Noun-Noun compound nouns was investigated in two Italian aphasic patients: one with phonological dyslexia and the other with phonological dysgraphia. The patients were required to read, write and repeat a list of Noun-Noun compounds and length-matched non-compound nouns. The dyslexic patient RF read compounds better than non-compounds, and his repetition was flawless for both categories. The dysgraphic patient DA wrote non-compounds better than compounds because of a deficit in keeping separate entries at the lemma level. Differential performance when processing compounds and non-compounds is the result of a deficit in different components within the mental lexicon architecture.
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy. sara.mondini@unipd.it
Sara
S
Mondini
Giorgio
G
Arcara
Carlo
C
Semenza
D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000381:Agraphia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011932:Reading; D014956:Writing