Table 1.
Semantic Dementia |
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia |
Reproduction Conduction Aphasia |
Repetition Conduction Aphasia |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Primary lesion Localization |
temporal Pole | posterior MTG | left SMG and parietal operculum |
superior temporal |
Defining Symptom | loss of semantic knowledge |
semantic paraphasia (TABLE → chair) |
phonological paraphasia (PEN → pan) |
impaired word recall and recognition |
Auditory Word Comprehension |
impaired | impaired | preserved | preserved |
Nonverbal Comprehension |
impaired | preserved | preserved | preserved |
Speech Production | preserved | preserved | impaired | preserved |
Phoneme Discrimination |
preserved | preserved | impaired | preserved |
Spoken Word Repetition |
preserved | preserved | impaired | impaired |
Hypothesized Affected Function |
conceptual hub | ventral lexicon | dorsal lexicon | phonological short- term store |
Alternate Term |
primary progressive aphasia |
word meaning deafness |
word form deafness |
associative aphasia |