PSYC 309 Quiz: Language Representation.docx
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Representing words and their meaning: object names vs object knowledge, reading vs writing. Language and thinking: the sapir-whorf hypothesis, effect of language on visual representations, effect of language on temporal reasoning. Brain areas associated with fluency and meaning in speech. Aphasia of these areas affected speech problems in different ways. Absence of name patient has lost her ability to name objects. Problem accessing name of words on demand patient can access name of other things that she doesn"t need at the moment: we represent names of objects in our brain differently than our information about objects. Knows what object is but can"t describe it properly. Can act out what you do with object but can"t tell you. Patient has lost ability to read (when previously could read) Shows reading/writing based on distinct representations: patient can start writing the sentence but can"t read what she wrote, also when reading word, attempts to write the word on table.
