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9b: language and thought (brain)
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- 1What is Apashia?an impaired use of
language (different types depending
on area of damage). - 2what is Broca’s aphasia?Characterised by problems in speech
production;difficulty forming words and speaking properly (agrammatism) . Understanding of words (semantics) remains intact, problem is mostly in syntax and also finding correct words. results from damaged Bronca's area. - 3What is Wernicke’s aphasia?results in diffuculty understanding language. Major deficits in semantics (choice of words), not syntax
Results from damage to Wericke’s area in left temporal lobe (near auditory cortex). - 4the amygdala is active when....speaking profanity
fuck u - 5the right hemisphere is active when....understand figurative
speech (ex: metaphors)
Note: Damage to right hemisphere results in literal interpretations - 6the Angular gyrus is active when....reading (or sign language)
- 7do animals have communication???yes. Mostly body language and certain calls. example monkeys screeching in fear/warming call. Mating calls of birds. a bee doing a figure eight dance to talk to the rest of of the hive about food.
- 8examples of langage learned by animals: Washoe the chimp:taught to name
objects in American Sign Language (Gardiners)
161 signs in total - 9Koko the GorillaASL, 1000 signs,
Pinocchio Doll (Elephant Baby) - 10what is spatial navigation and Mental imagery?Mental imagery: internal visual
representations of stored visual memories.
Example: spatial navigation (picture
location of things in your mind) - 11what is the correlations between thinking and language?we speak what we think, and because of new words and ideas we think even more.
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