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‘Non-semantic’ aspects of language in semantic dementia: As normal as they’re said to be?
Authors:
Benedet, M., PATTERSON, K., Gomez-Pastor, I. & De La Rocha, M.L.
Reference:
Neurocase, 12(1), 15-26
Year of publication:
2006
CBU number:
6148
Abstract:
This paper describes a 52-month longitudinal study of a patient, ILJ, whose semantic profile fitted the criteria for a classical case of semantic dementia (SD). As in all such cases, it was the semantic aspects of receptive and expressive language processing -- essentially vocabulary -- that were most dramatically affected. The novel observation from this study is ILJ's performance on a comprehensive language examination. Results from this assessment, even early in the course of his disease, are compatible with the hypothesis that phonological, morphological and/or syntactic aspects of language processing may be disrupted by their interaction with degraded information from the semantic system.
