PSYC 362 Study Guide - Final Guide: Transcortical Sensory Aphasia, Clonus, Epilepsy
29 Aug 2016
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How can we study effect of brain lesions? observe the behavior of ppl who have had brain surgery, brain injuries, brain tumors, or infections main sources; Cerebrovascular accident: brain a stroke ; brain damage caused by occlusion or rupture of a blood vessel in the. Most language disturbances occur after damage to left side of brain, whether people are left-handed or right handed. Left hemisphere: analysis of fast sequences of stimuli, control of voluntary movement related to speech production. Right hemisphere; analysis of space and shape, organization of speech narrative. recognition of intonation and prosody. In about 90% of the total population the left hemisphere is dominant for speech. Occipital parietal, and temporal lobes produce perceptions of current or past events and imagined events of lives. Frontal loves convert our perceptions, memories, and thoughts into the movements of speech. Not produced by deafness or a simple motor deficit, but caused by brain damage.
