PSYB65H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Angular Gyrus, Agraphia, Frontal Lobe
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Alexia problems or deficits in reading. Majority of language is associated with hearing. 3 basic things that can happen with language: input, integration and expression. Receptive aphasias: problems in receiving language or having language come in. So the problem is in deciphering what they are hearing: verbal commands can"t be followed because they don"t understand you unless it"s written down. Bypassing input means info can still be integrated. Integrative aphasias: involves problems in selecting and arranging meaningful units and their eventual conversion into comprehensible coherent speech. Problems integrating and putting together the fundamentals of information. Wernicke"s aphasia/jargon aphasia: these people make unintelligible statements. Often they will chatter for long periods of time without making any sense, in most severe cases: it"s not complete word-salad, it sounds like it makes sense but it doesn"t because it doesn"t contain content words. What can they do: musical qualities of language (intonation and rhythm) are intact because.
