Word finding
Lexical retrieval in flowing speech
Also searched as Lexical retrieval in flowing speech.
In depth
A subdomain of language: retrieving the intended word in flowing speech. Shows up as pauses and circumlocution — talking around a word you cannot reach.
What drives it
Language increases it.
Word finding sits INSIDE the language domain, so this arrow runs from the domain to a subdomain it contains - it is not a claim that language function is a subdomain of word finding. The taxonomic statement itself is carried the other way round, on the Word Finding → Language Function arrow, which is the direction Sachdev states: 'Word finding' is one of the Language subdomains in Figure 2, alongside object naming, fluency, grammar and syntax, and receptive language. Taxonomic edge, not a causal mechanism. Sachdev 2014, Nat Rev Neurol 10:634-642 — Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach. doi 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.181
What it drives
It increases Language.
The DSM-5 Neurocognitive Work Group agreed on six principal domains of cognitive function, each with subdomains. Language comprises object naming, word finding, fluency, grammar and syntax, and receptive language. Taxonomic edge, not a causal mechanism: this is a DSM-5 domain/subdomain relationship, not a pathway acting on another. Sachdev 2014, Nat Rev Neurol 10:634-642 — Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach. doi 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.181
It increases Word retrieval.
Spontaneous speech usually is fluent but interrupted by word-finding difficulties. Nonspecific words may be substituted for precise lexical items. PMC6797589
Blends that modulate it
Each blend page names this pathway and carries the study behind its claim.
See it on the map
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