Week 4

Question 1

Describe Broca’s areas function, and what lesions here could mean?

Answer 1

Language and speaking, lesions result in loss of speech, but comprehension is ok

Question 2

Describe an association

Answer 2

Patient is deficient in task X and Y, they are said to be associated due to being present in the same patient

Question 3

Describe a dissociation

Answer 3

Patient is impaired in task X but normal in task Y

Question 4

Describe a double dissociation

Answer 4

Patient A is impaired on task X but normal task Y, patient B is normal for task X, but impaired for taskY