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Thesaurus of the Cognitive Psychology of Human Memory
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| Preferred Name | proper name anomia |
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A memory disorder charaterized by an inability to name persons, while the ability to name common objects is preserved, as well as access to other conceptual information about persons (e.g., patients have no difficulty in recalling a person's occupation).
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proper noun anomia
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| definition | A memory disorder charaterized by an inability to name persons, while the ability to name common objects is preserved, as well as access to other conceptual information about persons (e.g., patients have no difficulty in recalling a person's occupation). |
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| altLabel | proper noun anomia
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| prefLabel | proper name anomia
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| bibliographicCitation | Semenza, C., & Zettin, M. (1989). Evidence from aphasia for the role of proper names as pure referring expressions. Nature, 342(6250), 678-679. https://doi.org/10.1038/342678a0
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| scopeNote | Proper name anomia is sometimes accompanied by place anomia and is the result of lesions in the left cerebral hemisphere.
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| creator | Frank Arnould
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| created | December 4, 2017
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| modified | August 27, 2025
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