A case of impaired naming and knowledge of body parts. Are limbs a separate sub-category?

Marcella Laiacona, Nadia Allamano, Lorena Lorenzi, Erminio Capitani

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Abstract

A left hemisphere stroke patient presented a disproportionate difficulty for body parts knowledge without autotopagnosia. The deficit concerned the lexical-semantic representation of body parts and was most severe for limbs. The ability to gesture was spared and action naming was not more impaired than object naming. On the basis of normal naming latencies, we conclude that limbs are the most vulnerable component of the overall category of body parts. This vulnerability is not explained by unbalanced nuisance variables. More cognitive effort is probably required for the appropriate differentiation of limbs during semantic processing and lexical access.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-316
Number of pages10
JournalNeurocase
Volume12
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2006

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Human Body
Extremities
Semantics
Gestures
Aptitude
Stroke
Naming
Body Parts

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  • Clinical Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Psychology(all)

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A case of impaired naming and knowledge of body parts. Are limbs a separate sub-category? / Laiacona, Marcella; Allamano, Nadia; Lorenzi, Lorena; Capitani, Erminio.

In: Neurocase, Vol. 12, No. 5, 10.2006, p. 307-316.

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Laiacona, M, Allamano, N, Lorenzi, L & Capitani, E 2006, 'A case of impaired naming and knowledge of body parts. Are limbs a separate sub-category?', Neurocase, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790601125940
Laiacona M, Allamano N, Lorenzi L, Capitani E. A case of impaired naming and knowledge of body parts. Are limbs a separate sub-category? Neurocase. 2006 Oct;12(5):307-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790601125940
Laiacona, Marcella ; Allamano, Nadia ; Lorenzi, Lorena ; Capitani, Erminio. / A case of impaired naming and knowledge of body parts. Are limbs a separate sub-category?. In: Neurocase. 2006 ; Vol. 12, No. 5. pp. 307-316.
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