29 Feb aphasia
A degraded language capability due to lesions in the cortical language areas or association pathways. Expressive aphasia affects spoken language (Broca’s area) while receptive aphasia affects language interpretation and memory (Wernicke’s area).
Keywords: association
Broca’s area
Wernicke’s area
pathology
natural language
tactile agnosia
References: brain physiology
neurons
neuroscience
learning
pathology
psychology