LING 415 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Aphasia, Hypokinesia, Agraphia
22 May 2019
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Aphasia: the disturbance of any or all of the skills, associations and habits of spoken or written language produced by injury to certain brain areas that are specialized for these functions . Research with language impairments shows that language is relatively localized and lateralized. Four important centers of language in the lh: Two broad categories of aphasia, though not all aphasias fall into these two categories: Fluent: ease of articulation, long fluent runs of words formed by grammatical constructions and difficulty finding proper words for substantives and imaginable action words. Nonfluent: difficulties with articulation, initiation of speech, and well-formed grammatical sentences; typically occurs with anterior lesions in broca"s area. A few agreed-upon core aphasia syndromes that can be used to gain a broad picture of patients with aphasia. Also can be known as motor aphasia or efferent motor aphasia. Typically results from lesions to the left posterior and lower frontal lobe.
