Wernicke's Aphasia

This is a video of a patient with Wernicke's aphasia from the Wisconsin Physiology Dept.

http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/yin/pu...

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[iloveihop07]

"How many years were you a dentist?"

"Holy Christmas! Let's see here.... a hundred.... hundred thirty............"

"About forty."

[Formslip]

fuck that interviewer. i want to hit her in the mouth.

at the end where he's like "you have a heck of a time" (understanding what im saying)

she responds "Do i have the time?"

or @ 3:25 when hes just making stupid words and says "Oh wowie these are terrible words"

clearly he is competent. she treats him like he's mental.

[Sarah Kohler]

neuropsychology is a science, he confused his facts, don't lay into him.

[Iman Arafa]

Broca's area in the inferior frontal gyrus is responsible for speech production. That's why he has no problem talking

[DelusionalFraternity]

You don't know what you are talking about.

[HippieGoddess142]

Holy Christmas! That is going to be my new catchphrase. :)

[QuiKKii]

HOLY CHRISTMAS

[Johnnymushio]

Dr. Pecina sent me here.

[davisaj4]

Understanding speech and speaking impairment are two very different areas. I'm not sure what your comment contributes to this conversation. Not being able to understand speech doesn't cause impairment to speaking. You're just wrong.

Also, Neurobiology is an actual science versus psychology, so I think it's a little more credible.

[Miki Gundy]

Straight from my psychology textbook.

"Wernicke's area is also involved in speech production but has a crucial role in the comprehension of speech; more specifically, with interpreting the sounds of human speech."

Therefore; patients with Wernickes disorder have trouble understanding speech, which causes impairment to speaking.

[timothy929]

You're right. His ability to repeat needs to be tested to distinguish if it's a conduction aphasia (can't repeat) or anomic aphasia (can repeat).

[Benjamin Carreau]

Holy Christmas!