Different systems are used to facilitate communication for people with speech problems.
Among these, pictographic systems offer an extraordinary solution for many people with …

Many different properties of objects and their names have been implicated as determinants
of aphasic naming accuracy. Many of these variables are intercorrelated, making it very …

Confrontation naming ability entails the operation of distinct cognitive operations and the
integrity of a distributed neural network. Previous research has indicated a critical role for the …

Semantic reading errors are the central and defining feature of deep dyslexia. This study
compared the words the deep dyslexic patient LW read correctly with those she omitted and …

The study addresses the issue of the selective preservation of verbs in Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Twenty three AD patients and age-matched controls named pictures of objects and …

The present study examined the sensitivity of a subjective familiarity measure to differences
in word exposure within and between populations that differ dramatically in their perceptual …

Semantic knowledge of famous names and words that entered popular North American
culture at different times in the 20th century was examined in 16 patients with mild-to …

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) can be difficult to distinguish from Parkinson's
disease (PD), but has a much graver prognosis. PSP is characterised severely reduced …

Background: This study aimed (i) to verify whether the classical word-naming models
developed for English-speaking participants also account for the performance of patients …

This paper reports the long-term follow-up of GC, a patient with primary progressive aphasia
of the fluent type. GC presented at onset with an anomia characterized by sparing of first …