Lecture 11.3: Language

Question 1

Wernike’s area is important for

Answer 1

comprehension of speech

Question 2

Broca’s area

Answer 2

a region of the brain concerned with the production of speech

Question 3

Early visual processing of words occurs in the

Answer 3

striate cortex

Question 4

Virtual word recognition occurs in the

Answer 4

extrastriate cortex

Question 5

Early auditory processing of spoken word occurs in the

Answer 5

primary auditory cortex

Question 6

Auditory word recognition occurs in the

Answer 6

temporoparietal cortex (angular gyrus)
anterior superior temporal cortex

Question 7

Semantic association occurs in the

Answer 7

infrerior frontal cortex

Question 8

Premotor coding occurs in the

Answer 8

Supplementary motor area

Other areas near sylvian fissure

Question 9

Motor control of speech occurs in the

Answer 9

primary motor cortex

Question 10

Alexia is the

Answer 10

inability to read back a passage and read words as a whole.
Writing and recognition of letters is not affected
Inability to associate letters with sounds