Broca's vs Wernicke's Areas
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Misc P/S
- Malthusian Theory
- Maslow's Pyramid
- Deviance
- Role Strain vs Role Conflict vs Role Exit
- Nativist vs Learning vs Interactionist Language Theory
- Broca's vs Wernicke's Areas
Summary
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Key Points
- Wernicke vs Broca Areas
- Wernicke’s Area
- Located in the temporal lobe
- Primarily functions in language comprehension
- Wernicke’s Aphasia (receptive aphasia)
- Individuals with damage to the Wernicke's Area can properly produce words (although the sentences will be meaningless), but they cannot understand language
- Wernicke’s Aphasia (receptive aphasia)
- Broca’s Area
- Located in the frontal lobe
- Primarily functions in language production
- Broca’s Aphasia (expressive aphasia)
- Individuals with damage to the Broca’s Area are unable to properly produce words, however, they can still understand the language of others
- Broca’s Aphasia (expressive aphasia)
- Arcuate Fasciculus
- Connects Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area
- Primarily functions in language repetition
- Conduction Aphasia
- Individuals with damage to the Arcuate Fasciculus have intact language comprehension and fluent speech production, but they have poor speech repetition.
- Conduction Aphasia
- Global Aphasia
- Occurs when both Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas are damaged.
- Affected individuals will have impaired language production and comprehension.
- Occurs when both Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas are damaged.
- Wernicke’s Area