Ambiguous Idioms Understanding In Italian Aphasic Patients
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چکیده
The ability to understand ambiguous idiom was assessed in aphasic patients with preserved comprehension at a single word level. A string-to-word matching task was used in which patients were requested to choose one among four alternatives: a word associated with the figurative meaning of the idiom string; a word semantically associate with the last constituent of the idiom string; and two unrelated words. The results showed that patients’ performance was impaired with respect to a group of matched controls. The most affected patients showed a frontal and/or temporal lesion.
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