Language and the brain

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language functions are localized in the
left hemisphere
Broca's aphasia
condition resulting from damage to Broca's area, causing the affected person to be unable to speak fluently, to mispronounce words, and to speak haltingly

telegraphic-short
effortful- hard to get the words out
broca's area
left, inferior, caudal;, frontal lobe
Agrammatism
One of the usual symptoms of Broca's aphasia; a difficulty in comprehending or properly employing grammatical devices, such as verb endings and word order.
Apraxia
difficulty with some movements to command
Wernicke's aphasia
receptive aphasia, excessive non-sensical speech, impaired comprehension
Where is Wernicke's area located?
superior temporal cortex
semantic paraphasia
an error in speech in which one word is substituted for another word that is similar in meaning
phonemic paraphasia
substituted words sound like correct words
disconnection syndromes: conduction aphasia
lesion of "arcuate fasciculus" supra marginal gyrus, deep subcortical white matter

fluent, ok comprehension
Aphasia Therapy-spontaneous recovery is up to six months post onset -therapy during aphasia will facilitate spontaneous recovery -three categories of therapy approaches: restorative, compensatory, socialdevelopmental dyslexiaa reading difficulty in a person of normal intelligence and perceptual ability; of genetic origin or caused by prenatal or perinatal factorsvisual timingrapid eye movements required for reading, magnocellular systemauditory timingdifficulty perceiving rapid changes in sound, phonemic processing help segment phonemes "need glasses for ears"phonologic dyslexiabroca's areaorthographic dyslexiavisual word formation areadyslexia therapieslarge type helps, visual guidance, word windows