semantic anomia

loss or impairment of the ability to understand the correct meaning of words or to situate them into their conceptual categories (e.g., the word dress in the category of clothing). Recent research suggests that semantic anomia is due to degradation of semantic knowledge caused by damage to the temporal lobe.

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Psychology term of the day

January 13th 2025

genetic psychology

the study of the development of mental functions in children and their transformation across the lifespan. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term was preferred over the synonymous developmental psychology.