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| a partial or complete loss of language abilities following brain damage |
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| a procedure in which one cerebral hemisphere is anesthitized to enable testing of the function of the other hemisphere |
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| a region of the frontal lobe associated with Broca's (motor) aphasia when damaged |
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| an area on the superior surface of the temporal lobe between audtiory cortex and the angular gyrus; associates with Wernicke's aphasia when damaged |
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| a language disturbance in which a person has difficulty speaking or repeating words but can understand language; also known as motor or nonfluent aphasia |
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| the inability to find words |
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| a language disturbance in which speech is fluent but comprehension is poor |
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| a model for language processing involving interactions of Broca's area and Wernicke's area with sensory and motor areas |
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| a type of aphasia associated with damage to the arcuate fasciculus, characterized by good comprehension and speech but difficulty repeating words |
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| an examination of behavior in animals or humans whose cerebral hemispheres have been disconnected by cutting the corpus callosum |
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| the great cerebral commissure, consisting of axons connecting the cortex of the two cerebral hemispheres |
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| an area on the superior surface of the temporal lobe that is frequently larger in the left than in the right hemisphere |
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| the process of learning a language |
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