01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Expressive Aphasia, Agrammatism, Anomic Aphasia
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The parts of the brain involved in the wernicke-geschwind model of language for speech and comprehension include broca"s area, face, arcuate fasciculus, wernicke"s area, 41, 42, 39, 19, 18, and 17. What is the upshot of the various studies mentioned in class of brain areas activated during speech and comprehension? (you don"t have to know what exactly activates when you talk about tools, animals etc. ) Confirmation roles of classical anterior & posterior speech zones, but also many other regions meaning. Broca"s not just cortical representation of speech movements some. Language also engages areas that normally do more primary functions. There are discrete areas for tools, persons, and humans. A disorder of language apparent in speech, writing or reading. Trouble going from word meaning to word production. Selective impairments in reading, writing, or recognition of words. Asking a patient to describe or name something. The main symptoms of broca"s aphasia is the inability to understand speech and problems producing speech.