Gorissen J P
Psychiatrisch Centrum St. Amedeus, Mortsel, België.
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr. 1987 Dec;18(6):327-33.
The way amnesics perform in a verbal fluency task was the subject of this study. More in particular the question was raised if amnesics (N = 15) would organize the semantic category (animals) in semantic fields as a strategy in the retrieval of category exemplars. It was shown that word production was deficient in comparison with normative data (Groninger Intelligence Test). A qualitative analysis of the retrieval process revealed that there was only a minor number of clusters in the protocols. It was concluded that amnesics searched for individual words. A cued retrieval condition yielded significant better results.
遗忘症患者在语言流畅性任务中的表现是本研究的主题。更具体地说，研究提出的问题是，遗忘症患者（N = 15）是否会将语义类别（动物）组织在语义场中，作为检索类别示例的一种策略。结果表明，与标准数据（格罗宁根智力测试）相比，单词生成存在缺陷。对检索过程的定性分析表明，记录中只有少量的聚类。得出的结论是，遗忘症患者搜索的是单个单词。提示检索条件产生了显著更好的结果。
