目的:本研究采用事件相关电位(ERPs)技术考察了汉语失语症患者言语产生过程中语义和语音的编码情况。方法:根据“汉语失语症心理语言评价(PACA)”得分结果将14例失语症患者分为词汇语义损伤、词汇通达障碍、词汇语音损伤3组不同言语加工水平损伤组,采用ERPs作为技术手段,实验任务为延迟命名,观察患者的脑电情况,记录15名健康人的脑电图作为对照。结果:词汇语义损伤为主的患者异常波幅出现在400ms以前,词汇通达障碍为主的患者异常波幅出现在介于400ms前后的时间窗,而词汇语音损伤为主的患者异常波幅出现在400ms以后的时间窗,每种类型其异常波幅出现的时间窗有较大的重叠。结论:ERPs可作为探讨汉语失语症病态内部语言的过程,以及辅助失语症评价的重要工具。
Objective: To investigate the time course of semantic and phonological encoding during word production in Chi- nese aphasia patients by event-related-potentials (ERPs) technology. Method: Delaying picture naming task was used during ERPs study to analyze electrophysiological correlation of different patterns of aphasia. Fourteen aphasic patients were divided into three subgroups according to psycholin- guistic assessment in Chinese aphasia (PACA): lexical-semantic impairment, lexical-access impairment and lexi- cal-phonological impairment, compared to 15 healthy control subjects performing the same picture naming task. Result: The subgroup with lexieal-semantic impairment had abnormal ERPs patterns before 400ms, the subgroup with lexical-access impairment had abnormal ERPs patterns between before and after 400ms, the subgroup with lexical-phonologieal impairment had abnormal patterns after 400ms. The time course of abnormal ERPs patterns in different group had much overlap. Conclusion: ERPs can be used as a tool to explore the internal language process in a morbid state and to assist evaluating the aphasia.