Language

Question 1

One of he most prominet human abilities is

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language, a complex system involving many components, including sensory motor functions nad memory systems. Athough the neural basis of language is not completely understood, scientists have learned a great deal

Question 2

What hemisphere goes with langauge?

Answer 2

Left hemisphere

Question 3

damage to the left frontal lobe cam produce nonfluent aphasiias suhc as Borcas aphasia, a syndrome in which

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speech production abilities are impaireed

Question 4

Damage to the left temporal lobe can produce fluent aphasia, such as Wernicke’s aphasia, in which somprehension of heard speech is

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impaired

Question 5

Damage ot the superior temporal lobes in both hemispheres can produce word

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defenss, a profound inability to comprehend auditory speech on any evel

Question 6

Research on aphasia has led to several conclusions regarding the neural basis of language

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Researchers once believed that all aspects of language ability were only governed by the left emisphere. Recognition of spech sounds and words involves both left and rihgt

Question 7

Recently functional imaging methods have identified new

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structures involved in language