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Language Flashcards

1
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Phonemes

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combine to form morphemes

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Morphemes

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The smallest units of a word

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3
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Syntax

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grammar

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Lexicon

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The collection of all words in a given language

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5
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Semantics

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The meaning connected to words and sentences

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Prosody

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Tone of voice

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Discourse

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Connecting sentences so that they form a narrative

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Damage to Broca’s left area/Broca’s Aphasia

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Spared comprehension but poor speech production

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9
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What connects the two language areas?

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The arcuate fasciculus

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Wernicke-Geschwind Model

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Comprehension is extracted from sounds in wernicke’s area, passed over the arcuate fasciculus pathway to Broca’s area to be articulated as speech

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11
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Whats wrong with the classic model?

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It’s too simple

Model fails to account for clusters of aphasias

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Wada Procedure

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Impairs spoken language comprehension on some tasks but not others

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What is the wada procedure used for?

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To determine which side of the brain is responsible for certain vital cognitive functions

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14
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TMS

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electrical stimulation over a particular part of the cortex disrupts or enhances neural processing in that area

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15
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Dorsal

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Bottom up processes

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16
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Ventral

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Top down processes

17
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Phonemic Restoration Effect

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The brain’s ability to replace missing phonemes by filling them in based on context

18
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Anterior extent of Broca’s area

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Stimulation by TMS inhibits semantic processing

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Posterior extent of Broca’s area

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Stimulation by TMS inhibits phonological processing

20
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Wernicke’s Aphasia

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Inability to comprehend words or arrange sounds into coherent speech

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Transcortical Aphasia

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Can repeat and understand words but cant speak spontaneously

Cant comprehend words although they can be repeated

22
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Conduction Aphasia

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Can speak normally but can’t repeat words

23
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Anomic Aphasia

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Difficulty finding the names of objects

24
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Transcortical motor aphasia

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trouble with spontaneous speech production

25
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Global Aphasia

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Speech and comprehension is poor

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