Named aphasia is a part of stroke aphasia. The patient’s comprehension is often normal and he understands everything the doctor asks him, but he just can’t answer, which is called naming aphasia. For example, when the doctor points to a cup and asks the patient, the patient cannot say the word cup, but can pick up the cup and make a drinking motion, which is a typical symptom of naming aphasia. Problems in different parts of the skull can produce corresponding aphasia. For example, thalamic aphasia occurs in the thalamus; basal ganglia aphasia occurs in the basal ganglia; and naming aphasia occurs when there is a problem in the cerebral cortex.