Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia, and Amnesia



Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia, and Amnesia





A. Aphasia

Language disorder—versus the motor disorder of dysarthria.








Table 2. Major aphasia categories.












































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Jun 12, 2016 | Posted by in NEUROLOGY | Comments Off on Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia, and Amnesia

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Type of Aphasia Speech Fluent? Compre-hends? Repeats Phrases? Lesion Location
Global No No No Does not localize
Expressive (Broca’s) No Yes No Inf. frontal gyrus
Receptive (Wernicke’s) Yes No No Sup. temporal gyrus
Transcortical motor No Yes Yes Premotor cortex
Transcortical sensory Yes No Yes Occipitotemporal cx.
Conductive Yes Yes No Subcortical MCA territ.