Patterns of information retrieval from LTM in the process of verbalization by a fluent (conduction) aphasic: A Chinese case

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we shall present the patterns of information retrieval strategies adopted by a fluent (conduction) aphasic and theorize on how language functions in connection with human memory. In particular, we intend to show that there are certain correlations between verbal and nonverbal pathways when information is retrieved from long-term memory, especially when all the modalities are made use of, i.e., visual, manual, aural, and oral. We shall further claim that there are differences in the processing of information depending on whether the retrieval of that information depending on whether the retrieval of that information is based on short-term or long-term memory and that in the latter case more neural activities involving all the modalities must be gained, although such retrieval in connection with the use of those modalities is often done out of awareness. It is only when there is impairment in the memory (short-term or long-term) that such differences reveal themselves.