Naming abilities: Differentiation between objects and verbs in aphasia

Spezzano, Luisa Carmen; Radanovic, Márcia

doi:10.1590/S1980-57642010DN40400006

Abstract

Cognitive Neuropsychology aims to understand the processing mechanisms of normal and injured brain, by means of functional architectural models of information processing. Naming is one of the most important abilities in linguistic processing. Naming of different semantic and grammatical categories differ in their lexical properties and have distinct neuroanatomical substrates. We reviewed literature data on the differences between nouns and verbs in aphasic subjects reported by scientific publications in the form of indexed articles. Studies on naming abilities tended to emphasize the differentiation between nouns and verbs both in their lexical properties and neuroanatomical substrates. Functional neuroimaging studies have improved the state of knowledge regarding category-specific naming abilities, but further studies on different types of aphasia and the use of naming abilities in different contexts are warranted.

Key words:
aphasia; language; names

Resumo

A Neuropsicologia Cognitiva busca compreender o funcionamento cerebral através de modelos de arquiteturas funcionais do processamento da informação. A nomeação constitui uma das tarefas mais importantes no processamento da linguagem. A nomeação de diferentes categorias semânticas e gramaticais difere em suas propriedades lexicais e possui substratos neuroanatômicos distintos. Revisamos dados da literatura sobre a diferenciação da habilidade de nomeação de categorias específcas e seus substratos neurais em afásicos, por meio de publicações científicas em forma de artigos indexados. Estudos sobre as habilidades de nomeação enfatizam a distinção entre substantivos e verbos, em suas propriedades lexicais e substratos neuroanatômicos. Pesquisas com exames de neuroimagem funcional tem contribuído para o avanço do conhecimento da nomeação, porém ainda são necessários estudos que relacionem diferentes categorias semânticas nas diferentes afasias e contextos lingüísticos.

Palavras-chave:
afasia; linguagem; nomes

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Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
Oct-Dec 2010

History

Received
03 Sept 2010
Accepted
09 Oct 2010

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» http://www.filologia.org.br/soletras/1/12.htm

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