| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Name the Fluent aphasias | wernicke, transcortical sensory aphasia, conduction aphasia |
| Name the non-fluent aphasias | Broca, transcortical motor aphasia, global |
| What is fluent aphasia and what is another name for it? | Speech is effortless but does not convey meaningful information. Person uses inappropriate words or non words (neologisms). AKA Expressive aphasia |
| What is transcortical sensory aphasia? | normal ability to repeat word. Poor auditory and reading comprehension. Person can recognize words but not there meaning. |
| What is leisioned when someone has a transcortical sensory aphasia? | parietal or temporal regions |
| What is Non- Fluent aphasia and what is another name for it? | Speech is slow and effortful while comprehension is good. Person's language is broken and has no flow. AKA Receptive |
| What is leisioned when someone has a global aphasia? | Massive cerebral impairment throughout brain except occipital. |
| What is global aphasia? | All aspects of language are impaired (expressive and receptive) |
| What is transcortical motor aphasia? | No problem repeating spoken words. Speech is similar to broca's aphasia. |
| What is leisioned when someone has a transcortical motor aphasia? | superior or anterior to broca's area |
| What is leisioned when someone has an anomic aphasia? | parietal or temporal |
| What is anomic aphasia? | spontaneous speech is fluent and grammatically correct but with pauses for word retrieval. Person can't find appropriate nouns and verbs |
| What is conduction aphasia? | Difficulty repeating word and reading sentences aloud. Intact comprehension and speech production |
| What is leisioned when someone has a conduction aphasia? | arcuate fasciculus |
| What area is responsible for arousal & selective gating of stimuli? | reticular formation |
| What area is responsible for motivational components of attention? | limbic and frontal regions |
| What area is responsible for sustained concentration | caudate nucleus, frontal, temporal, parietal lobes |
| What area is responsible for coordination of the head/ eye movements for attention? | sup. colliculus |
| What area is responsible for shifting attention? | pulvinar nucleus |
| What area is responsible for attending to the appropriate stimulous when competing/ conflicting stimuli might be distracting? | anterior cingulate cortex. |
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