Some Thoughts About Thinking

In this first-person case history, the writer Alberto Manguel chronicles the experience of losing his ability to write and speak during a stroke. He was reassured somewhat by his continued ability to read and to quote mentally from literature that he had memorized. Within hours after the stroke, he...

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Published inCognitive and behavioral neurology Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 43
Main Author Manguel, Alberto
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2015
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Agraphia - etiology
Agraphia - psychology
Aphasia - etiology
Aphasia - psychology
Dyslexia, Acquired - etiology
Dyslexia, Acquired - psychology
Humans
Male
Speech
Stroke - complications
Stroke - psychology
Thinking
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Summary:In this first-person case history, the writer Alberto Manguel chronicles the experience of losing his ability to write and speak during a stroke. He was reassured somewhat by his continued ability to read and to quote mentally from literature that he had memorized. Within hours after the stroke, he regained the ability to write. He remained unable to speak for a month. In this essay he ponders eloquently the relationship between thought and language, and describes how it felt not to be able to bridge the gap between thought and speech during his period of aphasia.
ISSN:1543-3641
DOI:10.1097/WNN.0000000000000057