Different types of abstract concepts: evidence from two neurodegenerative patients

E. Catricalà; F. Conca; V. M. Borsa; M. Cotelli; Maria Cotelli; R. Manenti; Rosa Manenti; E. Gobbi; G. Binetti; M. Cotta Ramusino; G. Perini; A. Costa; M. L. Rusconi; S. F. Cappa

doi:10.1080/13554794.2021.1931345

Different types of abstract concepts: evidence from two neurodegenerative patients

E. Catricalà, F. Conca, V. M. Borsa, M. Cotelli, Maria Cotelli, R. Manenti, Rosa Manenti, E. Gobbi, G. Binetti, M. Cotta Ramusino, G. Perini, A. Costa, M. L. Rusconi, S. F. Cappa

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Abstract

The observation of neurological patients showing selective impairments for specific conceptual categories contributed in the development of semantic memory theories. Here, we studied two patients (P01, P02), affected, respectively, by the semantic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (sv-PPA) and Cortico-Basal Syndrome (CBS). An implicit lexical decision task, including concrete (animals, tools) and abstract (emotions, social, quantity) concepts, was administered to patients and healthy controls.P01 and P02 showed an abolished priming effect for social and quantity-related concepts, respectively. This double dissociation suggests a role of different brain areas in representing specific abstract categories, giving insights for current semantic memory theories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	270-280
Number of pages	11
Journal	Neurocase
Volume	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2021.1931345
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Abstract concepts
Aphasia, Primary Progressive
Emotions
Humans
Memory
Neuropsychological Tests
Semantics
corticobasal degeneration syndrome
quantity-related concepts
semantic dementia
social concepts

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