Naming and language production.
Naming and sentence production are complex tasks, each requiring a number of cognitive processes and representations, which can be selectively impaired by focal brain damage, such as stroke, or by neurodegenerative disease. The types of errors made by the patient and the pattern of performance across tasks can provide clues regarding the location of the lesion and sometimes the most likely pathology. Understanding the nature of the deficit can help the physician provide guidance on how to facilitate communication.
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