2B. Brain and Behaviour

Question 1

Recall 3 health conditions that can affect language development

Answer 1

Autism
ADHD
Deafness

Question 2

Describe the critical period for language acquisition

Answer 2

Ease of learning decreases from 3-8 years

After age of 10, ease of learning is considerably lower than in early life

Question 3

Describe the anatomical mapping of language centres in the brain

Answer 3

Most left and right handed people are left-lateralised

Question 4

What is the function of Broca’s area and where is it found?

Answer 4

Produces speech

Left frontal lobe

Question 5

What is the function of Wernicke’s area and where is it found?

Answer 5

Understands language

Posterior tempero-parietal area

Question 6

Recall 3 features of Brica’s aphasia

Answer 6

Non-fluent speech
Impaired comprehension and repetition
Poor syntax

Question 7

Recall 3 features of Wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 7

Fluent but meaningless speech
Semantic and phonemic paraphasias
Writing impairment

Question 8

Define “executive functioning”

Answer 8

Processing novel situations outside the domain of automatic psychological processes

Question 9

Recall 6 features of dysexecutive syndrome

Answer 9

Complex ideas are hard to grip
Attention deficit
Perseveration is hard
Planning is hard
Emotional bluntness
Disinhibition