Zacharczuk, Lidia
(2014)
Semantic memory and its role in verb processing.
Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Semantic Memory and its Role in Verb Processing
Lidia Zacharczuk
University of Pittsburgh, 2014
Verbs are a fundamental component of sentences, but they are also complex and require great mental effort to process and understand. Being that verbs are crucial to sentence comprehension, it is important to understand why verbs are often selectively impaired in neurogenic language disorders, such as in certain types of aphasia. The current study tested cognitively healthy younger and older adults as they performed verb and noun-based tasks that required them to tap into their semantic memory network. The goal of this study is to understand the role semantic memory plays in understanding sentences and how impairment to semantic memory, like in the case of many patients with aphasia, can impact the processing of verbs.
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