language in the brain Flashcards
where is the broca’s area located?
frontal lobe of the left hemisphere
where is wernicke’s area located?
temporal lobe, left hemisphere
what are the functions of language?
Production, comprehension and repetition
what is production?
How well can you fluently speak and produce speach
what is comprehension?
How well can you understand me
what is production?
How well can you fluently speak and produce speech
What is repetition?
Can you repeat a sentence
What is aphasia?
When a language center is damaged, you get a disorder called aphasia.
What are the effects of Broca’s aphasia?
They have labored speech, halting speech, and substitute similar words, missing non-function words like nouns. and the tip of the tongue phenomenon.
but their comprehension is still intact they can still understand
they can also have paralysis in the right side
what is wernicke’s aphasia effects
They can’t understand you and struggle to comprehend speech.
production intact and most of the time don’t even know that they have defects.
How do we test for language?
token test and cookie jar test
what test would you use for wernicke’s aphasia
token test
What test would you use for brocas aphasia
cookie jar test
