1. Alexius Pope Amanada Pinto Elton Luong The Wizard Pirrung

2. Overview A summary of Wernicke’s 1874 case study A look at aphasia

3. Definitions Lesion: A localized pathological change in a bodily organ or tissue Aphasia: Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease Wenicke’s Area: An area in the posterior temporal lobe of the left hemisphere of the brain involved in the recognition of spoken words

4. Definitions cont. Broca’s Area: An area located in the frontal lobe usually of the left cerebral hemispohere and associated with the motor control of speech Arcuate fasciculus: The neural pathway connecting the posterior part of the temporoparietal junction with the frontal cortex in the brain

5. Background Upper Silesia 15 th May, 1848 Medical school at Breslau University Road accident

6. Wernicke’s Case Study (1874) Case study in 1874 on patients with speech problems. Found in the left brain and area with lesions. Concluded this area dictated understanding speech and named the disorder “sensory aphasia”. Der Aphasische Symptomencomplex in 1874

7. Aphasia Sensory aphasia (Wenicke’s aphasia) Expressive aphasia (Broca’s aphasia) Mixed non-fluent aphasia Anomic aphasia Global aphasia

8. Connections to Broca French neurosurgeon A decade earlier, dissected “Tan” Found Broca’s area Broca’s aphasia

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