Chapter 8 Language part 1 "Spoken Language Flashcards
(6 cards)
What is the Wada techinique?
What is Aphasia?
A disruption in the abiility to understand or produce language caused by localized brain damaga or dysfunction
What is Broca Aphasia?
People with damage to this region could comprenhend speech but had difficult with speech output.
Left hemisphere critical for speech output
What are typical lesion of Broca’s aphasia?
Anterior to the section of the motor strip responsible for control of the face. Involves white matter and subcortical connections.
What is Wernicke’s Aphasia ?
Inability to link a sound image to meaning.
Disrupted speech comprehension, but still speech output is fluent.