APHASIA is a disturbance of the comprehension and formulation of language caused by
dysfunction in specific brain regions. It results from a breakdown of the two-way translation …

Using both the lesion method and functional imaging (positron emission tomography) in
large cohorts of subjects investigated with the same experimental tasks, we tested the …

One of the most provocative and exciting issues in cognitive science is how neural specificity
for semantic categories of common objects arises in the functional architecture of the brain …

In this study we provide a critical review of the clinical evidence available to date in the field
of semantic category-specific deficits. The motivation for undertaking this review is that not …

Both clinical reports and systematic neuropsychological studies have shown that patients
with damage to selected brain sites develop defects in the retrieval of conceptual knowledge …

Three theories currently compete to explain the conceptual deficits that result from brain
damage: sensory-functional theory, domain-specific theory, and conceptual structure theory …

Category-specific impairments of object recognition and naming are among the most
intriguing disorders in neuropsychology, affecting the retrieval of knowledge about either …

This important book provides a broad, integrated overview of current research on word-
finding deficit, anomia, the most common symptom of language dysfunction occurring after …

Different models have been proposed to account for the nature of the cognitive defects
underlying category-specific disorders for living and non-living things. One model assumes …

The patient with word-finding difficulty presents a common and challenging clinical problem.
The complaint of 'word-finding difficulty'covers a wide range of clinical phenomena and may …