lecture 7 -language

Question 1

what is Broca’s area responsible for?

Answer 1

language production - speaking

Question 2

what is Wernicke’s area responsible for?

Answer 2

language comprehension

Question 3

where is Broca’s aphasia located?

Answer 3

suffering a stroke to the left interior frontal cortex

Question 4

where is Wernicke’s aphasia located?

Answer 4

suffering a stroke to the posterior left superior temporal cortex

Question 5

what is the universality of lang?

Answer 5

critical for human qol, universal across cultures, lang dev is similar across cultures, drive for comm is innate

Question 6

what are the diff representations of lang?

Answer 6

semantic, phonological and orthographic