PSYB55H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.6: Temporal Lobe, Superior Temporal Sulcus, Phoneme
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There are no pauses b/w phonemes in speech that correspond to words. The prosody of speech is the rhythm + pitch of the speaker"s voice. Ppl w/ damage to this area have pure word deafness. Distinguishing speech from non-speech sounds occurs in the mid-portion of the superior temporal sulcus (sts), but no lexical-semantic info is processed in this area. Alexia is frequently referred to as acquired alexia to show that it results from a neurological disturbance such as a stroke, usually incl"ng the occipitoparietal region of the l hemisphere. In contrast, refers to problems in reading that are apparent during childhood dvpt. The phrase developmental alexia is used to show that reading is abnormal, from a neurological disturbance as a part of dvpt: phonology: the way sounds of a language are organized to create meaning. Written-word processing takes place in the occipitotemporal regions of the l hemisphere.
