Language Flashcards
1
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What are split brain patients?
A
Patients whose corpus callosum and anterior commissure had been severed for the treatment of medically intractable epileptic seizures
2
Q
What is the WADA procedure?
A
A short-acting anaesthetic injected into the left/right carotid artery, anaesthetising the ipsilateral hemisphere
3
Q
What is prosody?
A
Emotional and tonal colouring if language
4
Q
What was the Wernicke-Geschwind model?
A
Extended Lichtheim’s model and suggested distinct routes for the spoken and written word
5
Q
What is a limitation of the Wernicke-Geschwind model regarding information pathway from visual cortex, when reading?
A
Does not go via angular gyrus or Wernicke’s area; alternative route to anterior speech areas
