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Neurolinguistics

study the neural mechanism in the human brain that controls comprehension, production and getting of language

Neurolinguistics is also the study of…….?

the relationship between the language and the brain

when and where the first brain injury made?

in ancient Egypt 3000.B.C

what is aphasia and who mention it frist ?

• papyrus first

  • aphasia is loss of language due to brain damage

Believed that the heart is the main contorller for the body

Greek philosopher Aristotle.

he also believed that the brain was just cooling system

First physician noted that aphasia is due to brain damage

in the sixteenth century, German john

Broca in 1860s

reported that a damage in the left side of the brain was related to speech production problems

Wernicke in 1870s

german doctor reported that damage to left side of the brain is related to comprehension issues.

in what century was almost all speech disorders has already described?

by the 18th century

The brain is divided into two

2 identical halves

1. left and right hemispheres

   1. and each is different in processing things.

What contains the most language processing in the brain?

The left hemisphere

Primary auditory cortex is responisble for?

Analyzing auditory information

Wernick’s area is responsible for?

• speech production

• linking phonological codes

  • semantic represntations

Arcuate fasciculus responsible for?

transfer information from Wernick’s area to Broca’s area

Broca’s area is responsible for

1. speech production

   1. information on detailed patterns of speech vocalization.

Motor cortex responsible for?

Manipulating body muscles for speech production

How can brain damage happnes?

due to external accidents or strokes

damage to left hemisphere is the cause of:

aphasia

Aphasia is a Greek word that literary means?

No talking

Aphasia can leads to 2?

difficulty in understanding and or producing linguistics forms.

Broca's aphasia?

difficulty in producing speech, but ok comprehension

can’t use functional words such as articles inflections, they can only use lexical words

Wernicke’s aphasia ?

• producing long sentences without meaning

• they are fluent but without meaning

  • they have grammatical speech.

Handwriting and aphasia

Aphasia is reflected in their handwriting

What is the critical period?

• it is from birth to middle childhood

  • babies’ brains are more flexible, and the hemisphere is not dominant.

Who is Genie?

• a girl that was abused by her father.

• her age was 13.

• she did not acquire language

  • she can use commands only

Genie’s first words

were consonant-vowel sequences

most sounds Genie was producing at first was ?

voiceless sounds

Geneie sentences.

her vocabulary and sentences were longer than other children