Procesamiento semántico de conceptos concretos y abstractos en Afasia Progresiva Primaria-variante semántica

• Macarena Martínez-Cuitiño ^[1] ; Federico Soriano ^[2] ; Jesica Formoso ^[1] ; Geraldine Borovinsky ^[2] ; Jesica Ferrari ^[2] ; Noelia Pontello ^[2] ; Juan Pablo Barreyro ^[1] ; Facundo Manes ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Buenos Aires

     Universidad de Buenos Aires

     Argentina

     
  2. [2] Universidad Favaloro

     Universidad Favaloro

     Argentina

     
  3. [3] Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT); Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva (INECO); Universidad Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Australian Research Council, Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney

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• Localización: Revista de Investigación en Logopedia, ISSN-e 2174-5218, Vol. 8, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 63-76
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/rlog.59530
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  • Semantic processing of concrete and abstract concepts in semantic variant- Primary Progressive Aphasia
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    La Afasia Progresiva Primaria-variante semántica (APP-vs) se caracteriza por la afectación progresiva del conocimiento conceptual. Algunas investigaciones han reportado la mayor afectación de los conceptos abstractos en relación con los concretos, es decir, un efecto de concretud. No obstante, otros investigadores dan cuenta de un efecto de concretud inverso, es decir, un mejor desempeño con conceptos abstractos en relación con concretos. En esta investigación se compara el desempeño, por medio en una tarea de juicios de sinonimia, de un grupo de 8 pacientes diagnosticados con APP-vs y un grupo de 20 controles emparejados en edad y nivel educativo. Los resultados dan cuenta de un efecto de concretud, es decir, un mejor desempeño con conceptos concretos tanto con sustantivos como con verbos. Estos hallazgos se alinean con las investigaciones previas en las que se detecta un peor rendimiento de los pacientes con APP-vs con conceptos abstractos. El efecto de concretud encontrado apoyaría la hipótesis de un centro semántico amodal relevante para el procesamiento de conceptos concretos y abstractos. La menor afectación de los conceptos concretos observada podría explicarse por su mayor riqueza semántica.

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    Semantic variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (sv-APP) is characterized by progressive affectation of conceptual knowledge. Previous investigations have reported a higher affectation for abstract concepts than for concrete ones. This is known as a concreteness effect. Nonetheless, there are works that have spotted an inverse concreteness effect, that is, subjects better performance with abstract concepts. In this investigation we compared the performance of 8 sv-APP patients to a group of 20 healthy controls matched in age and education level, using a synonyms task. Results show a concreteness effect, this means, a better performance with concretes concepts for nouns and verbs. These findings agree with previous research that found a worse performance with abstract concepts in sv-APP patients.

    These findings support the idea of an amodal semantic hub which processes both types of concepts. The observed low affectation in concrete concepts could be explained by higher semantic richness.

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