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Which conditions can cause aphasia? (18). a) Hypoglycemia. b) Psychiatric disorders. c) Drug intoxication. d) Cerebrovascular lesions.

Wernicke’s language model is based on the dissociation between (18). a) Production and comprehension. b) Fluency and non-fluency. c) Phonology and lexicon. d) Articulation and syntax.

Which of these authors described cases of aphasia before Broca? (18). a) Dax. b) Wernicke. c) Hecaen. d) Lhermitte.

Typically, to diagnose aphasia (18). a) The patient must have normally acquired language. b) All answers are correct. c) A genetic syndrome with congenital language disorder is not being considered. d) A language disorder must be documentable in basic behaviors (spontaneous language, comprehension, etc.).

According to Wernicke, the area he identified contained… (18). a) None of the answers is correct. b) The auditory images of words. c) The semantic representations associated with words. d) The articulatory images of words.

In which case is the diagnosis of aphasia incorrect? (18). a) Repetition deficit due to peripheral deafness. b) Impairment of utterance coherence in psychiatric disorders. c) All answers are correct. d) Oral production deficit caused by neuromuscular diseases.

Which linguistic behavior is not predicted by Wernicke’s model? (18). a) Impaired repetition and preserved comprehension. b) Preserved articulation and impaired comprehension. c) Preserved repetition and impaired comprehension. d) Preserved comprehension and impaired articulation.

Aphasia in left-handed individuals occurs mainly due to (18). a) Left-hemispheric lesions. b) Lesions in both hemispheres with equal frequency. c) Right-hemispheric lesions. d) Frontal lesions rather than temporal ones.

Which brain regions produce aphasic symptoms with repetition deficits? (18). a) Left posterior temporal lesions. b) Perisylvian lesions on both sides. c) All listed locations are associated with repetition deficits. d) Left perisylvian lesions.

Which of the following aphasias is associated with fluent but meaningless speech? (18). a) Wernicke’s. b) Wernicke’s and transcortical sensory. c) Transcortical sensory. d) Global.

Compared with Wernicke’s model, Lichtheim’s model adds (18). a) A distributed conceptual representation separate from Wernicke’s area. b) The conceptual basis to explain transcortical aphasias. c) All answers are correct. d) A distributed conceptual representation separate from Broca’s area.

Which aphasia is frequently associated with contralateral motor deficits? (18). a) Broca’s aphasia. b) Transcortical sensory aphasia. c) Anomic aphasia. d) Wernicke’s aphasia.

What is meant by crossed aphasia? (18). a) Aphasia in a left-hander due to a right-hemisphere lesion. b) Aphasia in a right-hander due to a right-hemisphere lesion. c) All aphasias are crossed because they involve the hemisphere contralateral to the side of hemiplegia. d) Aphasia in a left-hander due to a left-hemisphere lesion.

Which form of aphasia was postulated by Wernicke based purely on theoretical speculation? (18). a) Conduction aphasia. b) Broca’s aphasia. c) Transcortical aphasia. d) Wernicke’s aphasia.

What is the impact of aphasia on everyday life? (18). a) It can be more disabling than cancer or early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. b) It depends on severity. c) It can be a major cause of disability. d) All answers are correct.