Aphasias

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

Acquired dysfunction of language from injury in brain resulting in disordered use of rule-governed, symbolic relations

Question 2

WLG Tests by Brain Region

Answer 2

Letter WLG tests related to L dorsolateral frontal lobe, category WLG related to L temporal lobe

Question 3

Anomic/Amnesic Aphasia

Answer 3

Poor naming/word-finding difficulty, often part of global degenerative process like AD

Question 4

Motor Symptom w/ Broca’s

Answer 4

Right sided weakness

Question 5

3 Paraphasic Errors

Answer 5

Phonemic (literal) - substitute one phoneme for another within single word (silling for spilling)
Semantic (verbal) - substitute one word for another (flew for soared) but not always related semantically
Neologistic (jargon/gibberish) - substitution of word sounds phonetically and semantically related to target word

Question 6

Conduction Aphasia (manifestation, other symptom, cause)

Answer 6

Impaired repetition w/ relatively spared fluency and comprehension. Maybe some phonemic paraphasic errors. Often from damage to arcuate fasciculus

Question 7

3 Transcortical Aphasias

Answer 7

Good repetition but impaired:
Comprehension (transcortical sensory)
Fluency (transcortical motor)
Both (mixed transcortical aphasia)

Question 8

Pure Alexia (manifestation and location)

Answer 8

Can write but can’t read: temporoparietaloccipital junction

Question 9

3 Kinds of Dyspraxia

Answer 9

Ideomotor apraxia: cannot translate an idea into movement. Can identify object and formulate plan, but not voluntarily carry it out
Ideational Apraxia: difficulty identifying concept/purpose behind objects and is unable to formulate or organize or remember plan of action for it
Constructional Apraxia: inability to draw or construct simple configurations, such as intersecting pentagons

Question 10

2 Hemineglect Test Results/areas

Answer 10

Cancellation but normal line bisection: dorsolateral frontal (about)
Line Bisection: occipital