Drawing and responsive naming in aphasia
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Seventeen aphasic men, divided into diagnostic categories including Broca, Wernicke, subcortical, anomie and transcortical sensory, were administered a responsive naming task consisting of 30 target probe questions from the Boston Naming Test- Responsive Format. After subjects had either provided the correct verbal response, indicated that they had given up or that they were satisfied with their answer, they were asked to draw the target item. Drawings were rated according to ease of recognition. In addition, drawings were classified according to size and location on an 8 1/2" X 11" sheet of paper. All subJects named additional items when asked to draw the target stimuli. The Brocas and Wernickes patients accurately depicted a large number of items they could not name to the stimulus probe question. The anomie and transcortical sensory patients also drew good pictures in this condition. The results suggest that patients with "cortical" aphasia syndromes retain intact semantic concepts of items they cannot name. Drawing as a compensatory strategy for communication and implications for treatment are discussed.
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