People with aphasia have more trouble coming up with words they want to use when they're prompted by images and words that carry negative emotional meaning, new research suggests. The study involved ...

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People suffering from aphasia find it more difficult to come up with words when they interact with emotionally charged images and terms, according to a study published Jan. 10 by Ohio State ...

How are we able to recall a word we want to say? This basic ability, called word retrieval, is often compromised in patients with brain damage. Interestingly, many patients who can name words they see ...

The days of having a dictionary on your bookshelf are numbered. But that’s OK, because everyone already walks around with a dictionary — not the one on your phone, but the one in your head. Just like ...

When you look at a picture of a mug, the neurons that store your memory of what a mug is begin firing. When you look at a picture of a mug, the neurons that store your memory of what a mug is begin ...

Researchers identified two brain networks involved in word retrieval -- the cognitive process of accessing words we need to speak. A semantic network processes meaning in middle/inferior frontal gyri, ...

Your brain processes letters, words, sounds, semantics and grammar at breakneck speed. StudioM1/iStock via Getty Images Plus The days of having a dictionary on your bookshelf are numbered. But that’s ...

How the brain narrows down a smorgasbord of related concepts to the one word you're truly seeking is a complicated and poorly understood cognitive task. Looking at epilepsy patients who had a grid of ...

We've all experienced it: you're in the middle of a conversation, searching for a word, a name, or a title, and… nothing. You know you know it–you can almost feel it–but it just won't come. This ...