Left Hem. - Wernicke's Area

Question 1

where?

Answer 1

Left Temporal Lobe, on Superior Temporal Gyrus just caudal to Primary Auditory Cortex

Question 2

Damage

Answer 2

to this & surrounds (including adjacent Parietal) => Wernike’s Aphasia AKA “Fluent” or “Receptive Aphasia”

• Subjects often seem unaware of deficits, although do detect reaction (confusion, frustration) of others
• Symptoms include Fluent Articulation, Anomia, Nonsensical Speech, and Incomprehension

Question 3

Wernike’s Aphasia AKA “Fluent” or “Receptive Aphasia”

Answer 3

= Deficits in the comprehension (and production) of meaningful speech

Question 4

Fluency

Answer 4

Speech is unlabored, prosody maintained, sounds like it should make sense (but doesn’t)

• Still take turns in conversation, recognize questions and readily answer, respond to intonation, etc.
• Speech is grammatical, although sometimes switch agent/object (e.g. “The Astros listened to the radio”)

Question 5

Anomia:

Answer 5

Mainly for Content Terms (nouns, verbs adjectives etc.) May substitute vague phrases, wrong word

• In some forms, cannot repeat Content Terms, may respond to same word with different words/nonsense
• “Pure Word Deafness”

Question 6

Pure Word Deafness

Answer 6

Some can read, write words and even read lips, but cannot understand spoken

Question 7

Nonsensical Speech

Answer 7

Very glib, but use wrong words or nonsense words

Question 8

Incomprehension

Answer 8

Cannot follow simple directions, cannot pick named object, etc.

• Depending on location of damage, can get specific deficits:
• e.g. Words for animate vs. inanimate objects, parts of the body, spatial relations etc.

Question 9

Does NOT typically produce…

Answer 9

…deficits in Sign Language Comprehension

-Instead, Parietal Lobe damage implicated in deficits of Sign Language comprehension