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| ArticleTitle | Semantic memory and abstract attitude |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Hiroyuki Watanabe1)2), Mamoru Hashimoto1)2) |
| Affiliation |
1)Department of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Osaka University United Graduate School of Child Development 2)Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 36 (4), 197-207, 2020 |
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| Abstract | Abstract attitude is a concept developed by Kurt Goldstein to explain a variety of cognitive symptoms, including aphasia, in brain injury. Abstract attitude is thought to be one of the underlying mechanisms of the semantic memory system and regarded as a first step toward the study of semantic memory. Here, I review evidence regarding the phenomenology of abstract attitude and propose that Goldstein's concepts may be useful in understanding a variety of cognitive symptoms. |
| Keywords | categorical attitude, amnesic/anomic aphasia, behavioral and psychological symptoms, homophone, humor |
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