PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Anomic Aphasia, Frontal Lobe, Agrammatism
22 Nov 2018
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Psych 261 textbook chapter 14. 1 reading summary. Cerebrovascular accident: a stroke ; brain damage caused by occlusion or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain. Aphasia: difficulty in producing or comprehending speech not produced by deafness or a simple motor deficit; caused by brain damage. Broca"s aphasia: a form of aphasia characterized by agrammatism, anomia, and extreme difficulty in speech articulation. Function word: a preposition, article, or other word that conveys little of the meaning of a sentence but is important in specifying its grammatical structure. Content word: a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb that conveys meaning. Broca"s area: a region of frontal cortex, located just rostral to the base of the left primary motor cortex, that is necessary for normal speech production. Agrammatism: one of the usual symptoms of broca"s aphasia; a difficulty in comprehending or properly employing grammatical devices, such as verb endings and word order.
