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Four syndromes are discussed in which there occurs failure of naming on confrontation. The first is the anomia of posterior aphasia-producing lesions. The second is a much more delimited disturbance produced by lesions which isolate certain sensory regions from the speech area (probably from the left angular gyrus in particular) and which may be best characterized as failure to match certain sensory stimuli to their spoken names. The third syndrome is that of non-aphasic misnaming which occurs in disorders which diffusely involve the brain. The fourth is anomia occurring as a manifestation of hysteria or malingering. The clinical syndromes are outlined as well as the distinguishing features of the anomia in each type. Some of the theoretical problems raised by each form of anomia are also discussed.
Supported in part by Grants NB026209 and MH08472 from the National Institutes of Health to the Boston University Aphasia Research Center.
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Geschwind, N. (1974). The Varieties of Naming Errors 1967. In: Selected Papers on Language and the Brain. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2093-0_11
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