Language

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

Loss of language processing ability after brain damage,

Question 2

Broca

Answer 2

•localization of the faculty of articulate speech
.posterior portion of the inferior fronty) convolution the left hemisphere

Question 3

Broca’s aphasia

Answer 3

• Major disturbance in speech production,may retain use of nouns and verbs, loss of pronouns, articles, conjunctions (telegraphic)
  →>comprehension intact
  → demonstrate ++ effort

Question 4

Wernicke

Answer 4

→ localization of the’ storehouse of auditory word forms’
-> posterior portion of the first temporal gyrus

→.major disturbance of auditory comprehension
-→ fluent speech, normal rate, rhythm, intonation
→> disturbances of sounds, structures of words,
→ semantic paraphasia
→> poor naming, aka fluent, receptive aphasia

Question 5

Conduction aphasia

Answer 5

• Disconnection of wernickes and broca’s area which result in a failure to repeat.
  → paraphasia: word substitution

Question 6

Three principals underlying classic aphasic syndromes

Answer 6

1) localization of language processors
2) damage to single processor can = multiple deficits
3) language processors localized because of relationship to primary sensor/motor functions.