Concept information
Preferred term
proper name anomia
Definition
- Inability to name persons, while the ability to name common objects is preserved, as well as access to other conceptual information about persons (e.g., patients have no difficulty in recalling a person's occupation). Proper name anomia is sometimes accompanied by place anomia and is the result of lesions in the left cerebral hemisphere.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- proper noun anomia
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Semenza, C., & Zettin, M. (1989). Evidence from aphasia for the role of proper names as pure referring expressions. Nature, 342(6250), 678-679. https://doi.org/10.1038/342678a0
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Disorder of
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-FJN7R4WL-5
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