Language Flashcards
1
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SIgn language production what brain networks is it, key facts
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- Tip of the tounge is the same for BSL tip of the ifnger
- One handed signs (right hand activate sensorimotor cortex in the elft hemipshere and for 2 handed signs it is activated in both hemispheres
- for comprehensions similar to spoken language the inferior frontal cotext is engaged bilateraly (more in left )
2
Q
What brain hemisphere is more linked to language?
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- Left
3
Q
What is the two types of Alexia ?
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Surface alexia - cannot diffrientitare between homophobic words such as flue flew flu , cannot link the surface information with meaning.
Phonological alexia - no trouble reading previously learned words but cannot read non-words or unfamiliar words
4
Q
What is agraphia?
A
ability to write lost due to brain damage
5
Q
difference between brocas are and wernickes
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Brocas - production - dorsal stream linked to
Wernickes - comprehension
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