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AGRAMMATISM
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A language disturbance; difficulty in the production and comprehension of grammatical features, such as proper use of function words, word endings, and word order. Often seen in cases of Broca’s aphasia.
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BROCA’S APHASIA
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Severe difficulty in articulating words, especially function words, caused by damage that includes Broca’s area, a region of the frontal cortex on the left (speech-dominant) side of the brain.
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PURE WORD DEAFNESS
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The ability to hear, to speak, and (usually) to write, without being able to comprehend the meaning of speech; caused by bilateral temporal lobe damage.
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WERNICKE’S APHASIA
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A disorder caused by damage to the left temporal and parietal cortex, including Wernicke’s area; characterized by deficits in the perception of speech and by the production of fluent but rather meaningless speech.
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VOICE-ONSET TIME
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The delay between the initial sound of a consonant (such as the puffing sound of the phoneme /p/) and the onset of vibration of the vocal cords.
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SCRIPT
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The characteristics (events, rules, and so on) that are typical of a particular situation; assists the comprehension of verbal discourse.
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ISOLATION APHASIA
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A language disturbance that includes an inability to comprehend speech or to produce meaningful speech, accompanied by the ability to repeat speech and to learn new sequences of words; caused by brain damage to the left temporal/parietal cortex that spares Wernicke’s area.
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CONDUCTION APHASIA
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An inability to remember words that are heard, although they usually can be understood and responded to appropriately. This disability is caused by damage to Wernicke's and Broca's Area.
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STRABISMAS
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CROSS EYED -- LEADS TO BECOMING STEREOBLIND
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PROSOPAGNOSIA
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A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty in the recognition of people's faces; caused by damage to the visual association cortex (temporal lobe - ventral stream)
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AUTOPAGNOSIA
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Damage to left parietal lobe (association cortex) can produce an inability to name the body parts
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