Conduite d'approche in conduction aphasia: Which psycholinguistic and experimental variables drive it – A case study.

Abstract

Conduite d’approche (CdA) is a classic repetitive behavior reported frequently in persons with conduction aphasia, however, relatively little is known about it, both at the brain and cognitive level (e.g., whether it is a self-correcting mechanism based on comprehension or rather on production, Nickels and Howard, 1995; Ueno and Lambon-Ralph, 2013). In this work we address which psycholinguistic and experimental variables boost the occurrence of CdAs and are involved in reaching a successful CdA. Here we study ANC, a 79-year-old male with high sociocultural level who suffers from a reproduction conduction aphasia that caused frequent CdAs.