What Causes Paraphasic Errors?

Phonemic paraphasia
These types of errors are associated with Wernicke's aphasia, among others. Phonemic paraphasias are often caused by lesions to the external capsule, extending to the posterior part of the temporal lobe or internal capsule. This type of paraphasia also occurs in other languages as well.

What is Paraphasia a symptom of?

Paraphasias - A paraphasia is a symptom of commission in that it is an incorrect word substituted for an intended or target word. It is the product of a breakdown at a stage of word-retrieval process and is a dominant symptoms within the more general category of anomia.

Which is an example of a paraphasic error?

An example of a semantic paraphasia error would be a patient saying "watch" instead of "clock." An example of a phonemic paraphasic error would be a patient saying "dock" instead of "clock." In severe cases, these errors can result in neologisms (new words) or word salad which makes communication nearly unintelligible.

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