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disposition > cognitive disorder > memory disorder > proper name anomia

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proper name anomia  

Definition

  • A memory disorder charaterized by an 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).

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Synonym(s)

  • proper noun anomia

Scope note

  • Proper name anomia is sometimes accompanied by place anomia and is the result of lesions in the left cerebral hemisphere.

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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

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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

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