aphasia

Examples of aphasia in the following topics:

• Aphasia

  • Examples of well-known aphasia subtypes are Broca's aphasia, also called expressive aphasia, and Wernicke's aphasia, also called receptive aphasia.
  • Acute aphasia disorders usually develop quickly as a result of head injury or stroke, and progressive forms of aphasia develop slowly in cases of brain tumors, infection, or dementia.
  • Individuals with expressive aphasia (also called Broca's aphasia) have lesions to the medial insular cortex.
  • In contrast to expressive aphasia, damage to the temporal lobe may result in a fluent aphasia that is called receptive aphasia (also known as sensory aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia).
  • Anomic aphasia, also known as anomia, is a difficulty with naming.

• Human Language and the Brain

  • When these areas are damaged or injured, capabilities for speaking or understanding can be lost, a disorder known as aphasia.
  • Damage to Broca's area can result in productive aphasia (also known as Broca's aphasia), or an inability to speak.
  • Damage to this area results in receptive aphasia (also called Wernicke's aphasia).
  • This type of aphasia manifests itself as a loss of comprehension, so sometimes while the patient can apparently still speak, their language is nonsensical and incomprehensible.

• Overview of the Cerebrum

  • Damage to the Broca's area results in expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia) while damage to Wernicke's area results in receptive aphasia.

• Cerebral Hemispheres and Lobes of the Brain

  • These disorders are known as Wernicke's and Broca's aphasia respectively; an aphasia is an inability to speak.

• Aging and the Nervous System

  • As the disorder progresses, cognitive (intellectual) impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), skilled movements (apraxia), recognition (agnosia), and those functions (such as decision-making and planning) closely related to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain as they become disconnected from the limbic system, reflecting extension of the underlying pathological process.

• Freud

  • Interested in philosophy as a student, Freud later decided to become a neurological researcher in cerebral palsy, Aphasia, and microscopic neuroanatomy.

• Transient Ischemic Attacks