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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.

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  • proper noun anomia

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • 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]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-FJN7R4WL-5

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