How to improve repetition ability in patients with Wernicke's aphasia: the effect of a disguised task. Issue 5 (15th April 2005)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Otsuki, M; Soma, Y; Yoshimura, N; Miyashita, K; Nagatsuka, K; Naritomi, H
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Volume 76:Issue 5(2005)
• Page Start: 733
• Page End: 735
• Publication Date: 2005-04-15
• Subjects: automatico-voluntaire dissociation -- involuntary speech -- repetition -- voluntary speech -- Wernicke's aphasia; Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.028688
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3050

Abstract

Abstract : Dissociation "automatico-voluntaire" is a symptom observed in aphasic patients. We elucidated the difference between voluntary and involuntary speech output in a quantitative manner using the same task materials in nine patients with Wernicke's aphasia. All the patients exhibited better ability and less paraphasias in a repetition task elicited in a disguised condition than in an ordinary repetition condition. This result indicates that the output difficulty in Wernicke's aphasia might be a disability of volitional control over the language system.