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[addietea]

I think it's visual agnosia.

[dmb357]

This is neither Broca's nor Wernicke's. His speech is too fluent to be Broca's. This looks like a case of anomia.

[aharonsilberman]

it's called agnosia. This looks more like associative visual agnosia. You can see, you can perceive but you can't name.

[MsGoldy77]

It's not Broca's he didn't actually know the name on the cup, his wife or baby. Broca's patients have the names in their head but can't get it out. Also for Broca's patients nouns and verbs are easier to say then other words...

[DRcrazy3]

@MsGoldy77 Yes it is.

Broca's aphasia is nonfluent with intact understanding. He knew his babies name, but was not fluent enough to express it.

Wernicke's aphasia is fluent but with compromised understanding. Wernicke's patients will talk until the cows come home, but its all just jibberish because they don't understand what their saying.

Then there's global aphasia that is nonfluent with compromised understanding. They can't speak well (like Broca's) but they can't understand either.

[MsGoldy77]

@DRcrazy3

I fully agree with you, the only reason i don't think that this is a case of Broca's aphasia is because of the of the fluency of the first bit of dialogue, it seems more likely to be Anomic (or Nominal) aphasia, which is a difficultly naming things, I know it a bit pedantic but he didn't seem to know the name of the cup since he said: "I can see it, I just can't think of the.." a Broca's patient would know the word but not be able to get it out.

[forgoetheparable]

Broca's aphasia has difficulty with speech output and they sound very telegraphic. He has no problem with content words, only the names of things, which supports the above statements of the patient having anomia, not Broca's.

[cperonto1]

This would actually be called 'visual agnosia'

[brazoschick08]

does anyone know what season this is from???

[Serendipitiouss]

my grandfather hasn't been able to remember my grandmothers name or ours. not for years. doesn't mean he doesn't know who we are... or love us just as much.

[Scatterbrain50]

anomia

[amajeedga]

nominal aphasia (All language function is intact except for naming of objects)

[xzuenx]

Since he's understanding what's being said and his speech makes sense... I'm pretty sure he has Anomia since the only problem is that he can't find the word(s) for what the others are asking him for.

[CyransFire]

YOUR WRONG ITS BROCAS

[mauerbluemchen0]

Please learn to spell before you start educating people on language disorders.

[Georgehermwell]

People with Broca's have a hard time getting ANYTHING out. This guy only has trouble with naming.

[BATWOMANN233]

hey hey hey its fittycent

[cat2two]

I remember seeing this episode, and just cringing...nice post

[ilwmb]

its not aphasia. he does unterstand what the people say so its not a receptive aphasia(wernicke). he can talk too so its not a expressive aphasia(broca).. for those of you who want to know: the part of the brain thats damaged is called "gyrus angularis"..

[chbleda]

yes, it actually is aphasia. there's more than just broca's and wernicke's. it's anomic aphasia, where the only symptom is the inability to name objects. in this episode, the corpus callosum was damaged- he had epilepsy. But Grey's did take some liberties, since anomic aphasia is usually a result of many focal lesions and not of damage to the corpus callosum. So they basically merged two disorders trying to depict a split-brain patient because it's easier to show on tv.

[ilwmb]

youre right, its the anomic aphasia..but since the corpus callosum is part of the limbic system i dont think the corpus callosum has something to do with it..

in my opinion the gyrus angularis is damaged. it connects visual input with words..in other words the visual cortex and the broca center..(i dont know how you call it in english but im sure u know what im trying to say :P )

[climbing4cacc]

For God's sake, give him some bloody help! Give him a sound cue, or get him to talk around it. Excruciating.

[ribbitboing]

or tell his wife not to get MAD at him for it. its not like hes some asshole who just forgot his sons name, he has a medical condidtion! jesus.

[hinscho88]

what season and episode is this movie?

[speechaphasias]

"Grey's Anatomy"

Sometimes a Fantasy (2006)

5 October 2006 (Season 3, Episode 3)

thank you,

rdm

[lovleyluzer]

Actually this guy has anomia doesn't he? Because he has trouble naming things, doesn't seem like he has a problem with talking.

[phishpoop]

anomia would be a type aphasia...maybe you've heard of anomic aphasia or nominal aphasia. regardless of terminology, language is deficited as a result of brain damageg