Wernicke's Aphasia

Wernicke's aphasia is a neurological disorder typically caused by stroke. It affects the Wernicke's region in the brain's left hemisphere which is reasoned to be responsible for processing of meaning, especially as it relates to verbal communication, hence the problems with speech witnessed in these patients.

Credit goes to Neil Carlson's "Foundations of Physiological Behavior".

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Science & Technology

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• Wernicke's
• Aphasia
• Psychology
• Neurological

[bbux78]

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[Asidic]

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[thepts]

@IceMetalPunk I saw this in Wikipedia too, but it was a [citation needed]. This depends a lot on the condition. Some W.Aphasics aren't even aware of their problems. Some will vaguely understand others, some won't understand anything. The person listing up objects in the clip sounds calm and self-confident as he's listing up the wrong names for objects (he's not struggling or hestitating). Some will repeat and repeat the same syllable over and over again as they speak. Varies a lot.

[IceMetalPunk]

@ahleucha From what I've read, they don't think they're saying it right. Patients who have recovered from this say they don't understand what they're saying, and they don't understand what anyone else says, but they can't stop themselves from speaking. It's like their brain talks for them without them understanding what they're saying.

[Tommy0145]

The guy remembers the one thing important in his life: cigarettes

and yes i feel very sorry for these people with those afasies, i'm doing a subject for school around the project now so don't think i'm mocking him. I respect them that they try ande think that if any person would laugh at these people, they were more mentally ill than these people (not saying that theyre mentally ill but you know what i mean...)

[ahleucha]

@RapidEyesCream - No, they don't know. They think that what they're saying is correct. This is largely due to the fact that Wernicke's Aphasia is a problem with the comprehension of language, examplified best in the first case when the woman couldn't understand the instructions given to her.

[MaryJoMcCormic]

very interesting

[Thelostcup]

Interesting how the guy can still say cigarette.

[RapidEyesCream]

Do they know that they are not pronouncing it right? This is very interesting.

[lowdanse]

Very interesting. thank you.

[autocon2002]

for the second patient, I notice some interesting conceptual distortions--

He's clearly trying to say "cigarette box" when looking at the matches. That shows a strong conceptual connection in his brain between matches and cigarettes. He called the pen a "lined", most likely because it's associated with lines. I think he's trying to say "writing" in reference to the pencil, and "mully" is probably supposed to be "money". Lastly, "rockstreen" has the same syllable count as "toothbrush".

[skaterboi76]

kinda reminds me of one of episodes of Friends, when Phoebe tries to teach Joey how to speak French