Duffy R J, Duffy J R, Mercaitis P A
Brain Lang. 1984 Mar;21(2):260-73. doi: 10.1016/0093-934x(84)90051-8.
The pantomimic performances of a typical Broca's (nonfluent) and Wernicke's (fluent) aphasic were compared with each other and with four normal control subjects on a simple task of nonverbal referential communication. Both aphasic subjects demonstrated only about 50% accuracy in their pantomimic communication. Also, measures were obtained of the motoric fluency of the pantomimes of all subjects and comparisons were made between the fluent and nonfluent aphasics. These measures demonstrated distinct differences in the fluency patterns of the pantomimes of the two aphasic subjects similar to the differences in speech fluency which distinguish and characterize these two types of aphasia; that is, the fluent aphasic pantomimed fluently and like the control subjects and the nonfluent aphasic pantomimed nonfluently. The quantitative and qualitative similarities in the fluency patterns of the speech and the pantomimic behaviors of the aphasic subjects are discussed in terms of their implications for a definition of aphasia.
在一项简单的非言语指称性交流任务中，对一名典型的布罗卡（非流畅性）失语症患者和韦尼克（流畅性）失语症患者的模仿表现进行了相互比较，并与四名正常对照受试者进行了比较。两名失语症患者在模仿交流中的准确率仅约为50%。此外，还对所有受试者模仿动作的运动流畅性进行了测量，并对流畅性失语症患者和非流畅性失语症患者进行了比较。这些测量结果表明，两名失语症患者模仿动作的流畅性模式存在明显差异，类似于区分和表征这两种失语症类型的言语流畅性差异；也就是说，流畅性失语症患者模仿动作流畅，与对照受试者相似，而非流畅性失语症患者模仿动作不流畅。从失语症定义的角度，讨论了失语症患者言语和模仿行为流畅性模式在数量和质量上的相似性。
