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SUBMITTER: Patra A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9678354 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patra Abhijeet A Traut Hilary J HJ Stabile Mackenzie M Middleton Erica L EL
Language, cognition and neuroscience 20220128 8
Word retrieval difficulty (<i>lexical access deficit</i>) is prevalent in aphasia. Studies have shown that practice retrieving names from long-term memory (retrieval practice) improves future name retrieval for production in people with aphasia (PWA), particularly when retrieval is effortful. To explicate such effects, this study examined a potential role for semantic competition in the learning mechanism(s) underlying effortful retrieval practice effects in lexical access in 6 PWA. Items were t ...[more]