Wernicke's aphasia

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Noun1.Wernicke's aphasia - aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia
aphasia - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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In both studies the reduction of the N400 effect has been larger in the group of Wernicke aphasia than Broca, although some studies failed to show a relationship between behavioural accuracy and the N400 response in Wernicke's aphasia (Robson et al.
Semantic categorization in aphasic patients with impaired language comprehension: An event-related potentials study/Semanticka kategorizacija u afaticnih bolesnika s narusenim jezicnim razumijevanjem: studija provedena uz pomoc metode mjerenja evociranih potencijala
The lack of picture instructions in some subtests made it unsuitable for patients with severe disturbance of comprehension, such as Wernicke's aphasia. Therefore, a simple, efficient, and specialized screening tool is necessary to identify the cognitive impairment of aphasic patients, especially in Chinese patients.
Development and Standardization of a New Cognitive Assessment Test Battery for Chinese Aphasic Patients: A Preliminary Study
Rijntjes et al., "Recovery from Wernicke's aphasia: a positron emission tomographic study," Annals of Neurology, vol.
Right Hemisphere Grey Matter Volume and Language Functions in Stroke Aphasia
This is scientifically plausible as a combined effect of Wernicke's aphasia and expressive aphasia, rendering the brain practically unable to comprehend language and communication.
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This is also called Wernicke's aphasia (attributed to the person who discovered the condition and the area of the brain that is thought to be affected) or fluent aphasia (the enunciation, delivery, and tempo of speech is normal) (Damasio, 1992; Ellis, Miller, & Sin, 1983).
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Features such as intact fluency of speech with normal rate and melody, poverty of speech content and paraphasic errors (including neologisms) pointed towards a fluent aphasia such as a Wernicke's aphasia. Yet at times his speech would also be agrammatical, more reminiscent of a non-fluent aphasia such as a Broca's aphasia.
Treated for psychosis and presenting with prominent speech and language abnormalities: a case report of an adult with a frontal lobe teratoma
Treatment induced neuroplasticity following intense naming therapy in a case of chronic Wernicke's aphasia. Aphasiology.
Interventions in aphasia: an integrative review/Intervencoes em afasia: uma revisao integrativa
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