Psych 230 L18
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- Patient Tan functions/impairments
- infection->brain damage-> language impairment impaired speech production intact comprehension right hemiparesis
- Paul Broca was the first to show that...
- language functions are localized (in the brain)
- Wernicke\'s Patients impairments; area
- fluent but nonsensical speech; problems with comprehension damage in posterior region of superior temporal gyrus
- agraphia
- language impairment in writing
- alexia
- language impairment in reading
- primary vs secondary aphasia
- language impairment due to problems with language processing mechanisms due to memory impairments, perceptual problems, attention disorders
- anomia
- word-finding deficit (prduction disorder)
- paraphasia
- problems speaking correctly; substitutes unintended words/phrases (production disorder)
- aprosidia
- loss of tone of voice
- Three ways to test patients for language impairment
- test their (1) spontaneous speech (2) auditory comprehension (3) verbal repitition
- nonfluent aphasias
- difficulty in articulating, but relatively good comprehension (ex: Broca\'s aphasias)
- fluent aphasias
- difficulty with verbal comprehension or repetition of word/phrases (ex: Wernicke\'s aphasias, anomic aphasia)
- pure aphasias
- very limited language impairment (ex: agraphia, alexia)