Phonological, semantic, and mediated priming in aphasia

Journal/Book: Brain Lang. 1997; 60: 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. Academic Press Inc Jnl-Comp Subscriptions. 347-359.

Abstract: An auditory lexical decision task was conducted to examine rhyme, semantic, and mediated priming in nonfluent and fluent aphasic patients and normal controls. Overall, monosyllabic word targets were responded to faster when preceded by rhyming word and nonword primes than unrelated primes. Similarly, semantically related primes facilitated lexical decisions to word targets. No evidence of mediated priming emerged. Results for individual subjects suggest differences in patterns across the subject groups. Implications of the findings for the integrity of lexical access in aphasic patients are considered.

Note: Article Baum SR, Mcgill Univ, Sch Commun Sci & Disorders, 1266 Pine Ave W, Montreal, PQ H3G 1A8, CANADA

Keyword(s): AUDITORY WORD RECOGNITION; LEXICAL DECISION; SPOKEN WORDS; COMPREHENSION; ANOMIA; PRONUNCIATION; RETRIEVAL; ACCESS

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