Word production deficits in schizophrenia  

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Marvel, Cherie L. ; Schwartz, Barbara L. ; Isaacs, Keren L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 89 no. 1 (2004), page 182-191.
Topik: Schizophrenia; Language; Cerebellum; Frontal lobe; Search; Selection; Verb generation; Stem completion; Word production
Fulltext: 89_01_Marvel.pdf (193.34KB)

Isi artikel

Fronto-cerebellar circuitry is implicated in word production. Data suggest that the cerebellum is involved in word search, whereas the prefrontal cortex underlies the selection of words from among competing alternatives. We explored the role of search and selection processes in word production deficits in schizophrenia patients. In Experiment 1, patients were impaired in a verb generation task under both high and low selection conditions but were more impaired in the high selection condition. In Experiment 2, when the difficulty level of search and selection conditions was equated in a word stem completion task, patients were only impaired in the search condition. Word search deficits underlie word production problems in schizophrenia, and may involve fronto-cerebellar dysfunction.

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