PSYC 302 Human Communication

explain how verbal behavior is lateralized

most language disturbances occur after damage to the left side of the brain, regardless of handedness

what are the abilities necessary to produce meaningful speech

must have something to talk about; must convert perceptions, memories, and thoughts into speech

damage to what area disrupts the ability to speak?

Broca’s area in the inferior left frontal lobe

Broca’s aphasia

inability to produce speech, or characterized by slow, laborious, ad nonfluent speech

function word

preposition, article, or other word that conveys little of meaning of a sentence but is important in specifying its grammatical structure

content word

noun, verb, adjective, or adverb that conveys meaning

agrammatism

usual symptom of Broca’s aphasia; difficulty comprehending or properly employing grammatical devices like verb endings or word order

anomia

difficulty finding the appropriate word to describe objects, actions, or attribute; common symptom of aphasia

Wernicke’s Area

region of auditory association cortex on left temporal lobe which is important in comphrension of words and production of meaninful speech

Wernicke’s aphasia

abilities that are disrupted: recognition of spoken words, comphrension of the meaning of the words, ability to convey thoughts into words

pure word deafness

the ability to hear, speak, and usually read and write, withou tbeing able to comprehend the meaning of speech

what is the difference between transcortical sensory aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia?

those with TSA can repeat what other people say because they can recognize words