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Two types of thought: Evidence from aphasia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Jules Davidoff*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths' University of London, Goldsmiths' College, LondonSE14 6NW, United Kingdom

Abstract

Evidence from aphasia is considered that leads to a distinction between abstract and concrete thought processes and hence for a distinction between rules and similarity. It is argued that perceptual classification is inherently a rule-following procedure and these rules are unable to be followed when a patient has difficulty with name comprehension and retrieval.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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