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ReviewAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2025

Semantic Memory, Traumatic Brain Injury, and the Iceberg Effect: What Deficits May Lie Below the Surface?

Ryan A McCurdy, Melissa C Duff

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Review in American journal of speech-language pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Naming Ability in the Chronic Phase of Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Ryan A McCurdyDepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.ORCID 0000-0003-4849-9819
Melissa C DuffDepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.ORCID 0000-0003-1759-3634

Funding

Language processing in context in individuals with Alzheimer’s diseaseR01DC017926 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Sarah Brown-Schmidt, Melissa C Duff · 2020 to 2026
$5.2M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this viewpoint was to advocate for increased study of semantic memory ability in traumatic brain injury (TBI).

methodWe review modern conceptualizations of semantic memory and its neural correlates and discuss how common neuroanatomical and cognitive deficits in TBI place this population at an increased risk for semantic disruption. Building on discussions at the 2024 International Cognitive-Communication Disorders Conference, we offer possible explanations for how these disruptions may have been overlooked by our field and offer examples of how semantic memory has been studied in other populations as well as how this work may apply to TBI research.

resultSemantic memory is critical for academic, vocational, and interpersonal outcomes. Yet, little is known about semantic memory in TBI beyond naming ability. By examining only surface forms of semantic memory, we may be missing a deeper disruption in semantic structure.

conclusionMore in-depth examination of semantic memory promises to uncover underlying mechanisms of cognitive-communication disorders and new opportunities to develop more sensitive clinical measures of semantic memory impairment.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticMemoryMemory DisordersSemanticsHumans

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PMID39626053
PMCPMC12227141

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