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Nominal Aphasia in Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. G. Barker  and
J. S. Lawson
M. G. Barker
Affiliation:
Barrow Hospital and United Bristol Hospitals; University of Dundee
J. S. Lawson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Dundee
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The clinical examination of nominal aphasia has hitherto involved relatively unstandardized procedures. Random objects are presented to patients and account taken of their success or failure in finding the correct name (Allison, 1962). Recent work by Newcombe, Oldfield and Wingfield (1965) and Rochford and Williams (1962–1965) has drawn attention to a number of important variables affecting the likelihood of a correct response occurring. Oldfield (1966) in particular has presented a model of the psychological processes involved in object naming which raises a number of important theoretical questions concerning the nature of the deficit in nominal aphasia.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 516 , November 1968 , pp. 1351 - 1356
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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