Research Notes — Verbs and Nouns

Alice Matthews
1 min readOct 5, 2018

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MRI Scan

While doing research I found an interesting side note on Brain damage and noun and verb recall.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253656/

Patients with neuropsychological brain damage (concussion, stroke) affects how they create verbs and nouns.

Patients with anterior brain damage and concomitant Broca’s aphasia — often have more difficulty producing verbs than they do nouns.

Patients with posterior lesions and anomic aphasia — often have more diffusely producing nouns compared to verbs.

Additional Research:

(Arevalo et al., 2007; Daniele, Guistolisi, Silveri, Colosimo, & Gianotti, 1994; Damasio & Tranel, 1993; Zingeser & Berndt, 1990; Miceli, Silveri, Nocentini, & Caramazza, 1988; Miceli, Silveri, Villi, & Caramazza, 1984). Damasio and Tranel (1993)

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Alice Matthews
Alice Matthews

Written by Alice Matthews

Graduate Student, Neuroscience, Medical Diagnostic Sonographer

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