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Broca's aphasia affects which regions
Usually BA44, 45
Wernicke's Area is
BA22
Wada test is a procedure where
Anaesthetic is injected into carotid artery
The right hemisphere is apparently important for
Prosody
Conduction aphasia occurs with lesion to what area?
Arcuate fasciculus (connection between Wernicke's and Broca's)
Transcortical aphasia is caused by
Lesions to connections between Parietal and Temporal lobes
What is a model for the construction of speech from noise?
Heschl's gyrus (A1) - audition
Superior temporal gyrus - Tones
Superior temporal sulcus - Speech
Middle, inferior temporal gyrus, temporal pole, angular gyrus - Words
The visual word form area is
Occipitotemporal sulcus (adjacent to FFA)
Pure alexia is caused by lesions to what area
Occipitotemporal sulcus
Deep dyslexia severs the link between
Sound and Reading (reliance on Direct route)
Surface dyslexia affects the reading of pseudowords?
No