The relationship between sentence comprehension and short term phonological memory in aphasia

Authors

  • Maximiliano Agustín Wilson Département de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval

Keywords:

Phonological memory, Syntax, Sentence comprehension, Aphasia

Abstract

The aim of the present article is to study the relationship between sentence comprehension and short term phonological memory capacity (STPM) in aphasia, according to the comprehension restricted by storage capacity (CRC) model. The first study shows that STPM is in direct relationship with complex sentence comprehension, according to the span group. The second study demonstrates that when sentences are syntactically simple, even the lower span group has a comparable performance to that of normal. These results are in line with the CRC model and highlight the direct relationship between syntactic comprehension and STPM. It is claimed that the advantage of such models is that they do not assume impairment to a syntactic specific mechanism but rather reduction of a general capacity, as STPM, to explain sentence comprehension.on/xa

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Author Biography

Maximiliano Agustín Wilson, Département de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval

Université Laval – Québec – Canadá

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Published

2012-01-31

How to Cite

Wilson, M. A. (2012). The relationship between sentence comprehension and short term phonological memory in aphasia. Letras De Hoje, 47(1), 30–38. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/fale/article/view/10223

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2012): Linguagem e cognição: Interfaces entre Linguística, Psicologia e Neurociências

Section

Language and cognition: interfaces between Linguistics, Psychology and Neuroscience

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