Broca's aphasia

A patient manifesting classic symptoms of Broca's aphasia...

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[BladesOfMunch]

In cognitive neuropsychology literature, there is a transcript depicting a patient trying to describe the follow picture: a mother is washing dishes while in the background, two children use a stool to steal something out of a jar.

I think this may be that patient (if not, then the content of the video suggests a similar task, if not the same one, may have been given to others with Brocas aphasia).

[Learningbyhearing]

@BladesOfMunch

You're describing the classic cookie theft picture from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination.

BDAE

[PauleQueenie]

Well, the granny on this video has been part of the "anonymous" statistics for de Broca's aphasia for quite sometimes. With the age of this video and the number of researches, there must have been a cure found by now? Well not quite, new anonymous are brought to replace the past ones, no cure.

"Technically" writing, it would have been interesting to hear the question of the other person present (doctor?) in the room and to see the drawing.

[Mindstomper187]

Interesting..

[BladesOfMunch]

@MrAndromedean I love the BDAE. It's a genius construction, though at times isn't able to fit in atypical cases. It's a great source for case studies!

[MrAndromedean]

@BladesOfMunch

That is true. The picture is often referred to as the "Cookie Theft picture", which is a part of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam.

[Avaritiada]

Thanks for the example! =)

[BladesOfMunch]

@vagusnerve89 Thank you for confirming. I also checked the information and found nothing that contradicted my comment(s).

[vagusnerve89]

@BladesOfMunch This is the one You are right

[BladesOfMunch]

If the patient was given a written text to describe, I would still expect the patient to struggle with producing language. Of course, this depends on the extent of the lesion.