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    Lecture on language aphasia and the brain areas involved. Broca's area in the left hemisphere controls speech production, while Wernicke's area controls language comprehension. Damage to these areas can cause different types of aphasia, like nonsensical speech from Wernicke's aphasia or slowed speech from Broca's aphasia. The corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres and allows communication between them. Split brain patients who had their corpus callosum severed show impaired abilities when objects are presented to only one visual field.

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    LANGUAGE

    APHASIA

    Lecture by: M.K. Sastry


    Language
    • Aphasia is an impairment of language, usually
    caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca’s
    area (impaired speaking) or to Wernicke’s area
    (impaired understanding).
    • Broca’s Area • Wernicke’s Area
    • Receives impulse from • The area in our brain that allows understanding
    Wernicke’s Area and converts it of spoken and written language.
    into motor commands. • It is the part that enables a person to interpret
    • Damage: disrupts speaking language, so damage to this part causes the
    person to become unaware of his own speech
    • Person can understand language
    and the speech of others.
    • Words may not be properly • Sometimes the person can speak clearly, but the
    formed words that are put together make no sense. This
    • Speech is slow and slurred. way of speaking has been called "word salad"
    • Patients may get frustrated because it appears that the words are all mixed
    because they know that up like the vegetables in a salad.
    something is wrong. • Might use complete nonsense words.
    • Often not aware of their problem.
    The Cerebrum:
    _____ Hemispheres, _____ Lobes
    • Cerebral Hemispheres – two specialized halves
    connected by the corpus callosum.
    • Left hemisphere – verbal processing: language, speech, reading,
    writing
    • Right hemisphere – nonverbal processing: spatial, musical, visual
    recognition
    The Corpus Callosum: communication between
    hemispheres
    • If you were to pull the two halves of the brain apart along the
    fissure, about midway down you would see a bundle of fibers
    called the corpus callosum.
    • This bundle of fibers is made up of several million myelinated axons and
    it is what allows each half of the brain _____________ with the other
    half.
    Split-Brain

    • Doctors severed the corpus callosum of patients


    with epileptic seizures
    • Seizures all but eliminated
    • Patients now have split brains
    • How did this surgery impact their personality and
    intellect?
    It’s Opposite Day!
    • Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the
    body. The left hemisphere controls movement and
    sensation on the right side of the body, and the right
    hemisphere controls the left side of the body.
    • When it comes to our vision, this is a little different.
    Our eyeballs are basically divided into two halves,
    one half from each eye sends information to one
    half of our brain.
    • Because the two halves of our brains communicate,
    we end up understanding the whole picture
    instantly.
    Right Brain/Left Brain: Visual Input
    Split Brain Patients
    With the corpus callosum severed, objects (apple)
    presented in the right visual field can be named.
    Objects (pencil) in the left visual field cannot.
    Divided Consciousness
    Try This!
    Try drawing one shape with your left hand and one
    with your right hand, simultaneously.

    Watch this man’s


    experiments in
    action!
    http://www.youtube
    .com/watch?v=ZMLz
    P1VCANo
    Hemisphere Dominance and “Handedness”
    • Hemisphere Dominance:
    • Many psychologists believe that a person can be “Right-brain dominant”
    or “left-brain dominant,” where that side of their brain tends to
    influence them more than the other
    • Take the dominance quiz to see your results.
    • “Handedness” –
    • Lefties- The right hemisphere dominates, so odds are they will be better
    at and deal more with their right hemisphere. This increases the chances
    that they will do well in art, music, architecture, etc.
    • Righties- The left hemisphere dominates, so odds are they will be better
    at and deal more with their left hemisphere. This increases the chances
    that they will do well in verbal activities, debate, logic, writing, etc.
    • There is no real evidence for “right-brain” or “left-brain”
    people, or handedness for that matter…but it is still
    interesting to consider!
    Recap

    For more
    information, see
    http://serendip.bry
    nmawr.edu/bb/kins
    er/Structure1.html

    Figure 3.16 Structures and areas in the human brain


    Figure 3.19 The cerebral cortex in humans
    Thank You

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