PSY 351 Study Guide - Temporal Lobe, Anomic Aphasia, Dyslexia
1 Apr 2014
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Difficulty finding (remembering) the appropriate word to describe an object, action or attributes. Difficulty in producing or comprehending speech not caused by deafness or a simple motor deficit. A bundle of axons that connects wernick"s area with broca"s area. Inability to name body parts or to identify body parts that another person names. A form of aphasia characterized by agrammatism, anomia, and extreme difficulty in speech articulation. A region of frontal cortex, located rostral to the base of the left primary motor cortex. A strategy by which people with anomia find alternative ways to say something when they are unable to think of the most appropriate word. An aphasia characterized by an inability to repeat words that are heard but the ability to speak normally and comprehend speech of others. A reading difficulty in a person of normal intelligence and perceptual ability. Caused by genetic origin or by prenatal or perinatal factor.
