Neurol. praxi. 2010;11(5):347-350
The present study investigated the influence of context on word retrieval by individuals with aphasia. Twenty patients with aphasia
were presented with two different tasks, confrontation naming (naming of pictures) and spontaneous speech. Significant differences
between the tasks were found in favor of sponntaneous speech. It was concluded that spontaneous speech offers more ecologically
valid information about lexical retrieval in patients with aphasia than does confrontation naming and stresses also intervention
of contextual speech.
Published: December 1, 2010 Show citation