PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N R Varney
TI  - Colour association and "colour amnesia" in aphasia.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.45.3.248
DP  - 1982 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 248--252
VI  - 45
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/3/248.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/3/248.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1982 Mar 01; 45
AB  - "Colour association" performance of 50 aphasic patients was investigated by means of a test in which they identified the characteristic colours of objects shown in line drawings. All aphasics with defects in colour association were impaired in reading comprehension. However, some (33%) retained normal aural comprehension. Approximately half the aphasics with receptive language impairment performed normally in colour association. The findings suggest that "colour amnesia" may be the result of a specific cognitive disturbance which is also responsible for a subtype of aphasic alexia.