5.4.2 Anomia

Anomia is the loss of access to certain parts of the lexis. Anomia patients are unable to remember the names of things, people, or places. There is often a confusion between semantically related words. Undoubtedly, you will have experienced this phenomenon yourself! We are all prone to it at times. It usually increases with age, although pure anomia is a much more acute state and is not related to aging.