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Zhurnal Nevrologii I Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova
|February 24, 2001
Summary
Psycholinguistic experiments reveal that patients with functional-neurological motor disorders exhibit reduced verbal activity. This verbal deficit correlates with the severity of paresis and inversely with personality demonstrability.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Neuroscience
- Clinical Psychology
Context:
- Investigates functional-neurological motor disorders (FNMDs) in 19 patients.
- Compares patients with a control group of 9 healthy individuals.
- Examines disorders including unilateral/bilateral pseudoparesis and pseudoataxia.
Purpose:
- To assess psycholinguistic associations in patients with FNMDs.
- To compare verbal activity between patients and controls.
- To explore correlations between verbal activity, paresis, and personality traits.
Summary:
- Utilized free and directed (grammatically/semantically mediated) associative experiments.
- Found significantly decreased verbal activity in patients versus controls.
- Observed reduced verbal activity in left-sided pseudoparesis compared to right-sided.
Impact:
- Highlights a link between FNMDs and impaired verbal processing.
- Suggests verbal activity is influenced by motor deficit severity (positive correlation).
- Indicates a negative correlation between verbal activity and personality demonstrability.