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1 Higher Cortical Functions
Cerebral Asymmetry Cerebral Dominance Fall 2012

2 Association Fibers

3 Corpus Callosum

4 Lateral Fissure Asymmetries

5 Planum Temporale Larger Left hemisphere = 65% Right hemisphere = 11%

6 Cerebral Dominance Dominant Non-dominant Language/Speech Math skills
Problem solving Processing sign language Non-dominant Spatial relationships Music and poetry Artistic ability Emotion

7 Cerebral Dominance 90-95% right handed people = left hemisphere dominance 65-75% left handed people = left hemisphere dominance True ambidextrous people 60% left dominance 30% right dominance 10% equal dominance Handedness is not a 100% accurate assessment of cerebral dominance Wada testing

8 Language Areas Central Sulcus Precentral Gyrus Postcentral Gyrus
Arcuate Fasciculus Angular Gyrus Broca’s Area 44 & 45 Wernicke’s Area 22 Lateral Fissure Superior Temporal Gyrus

9 Broca’s Aphasia NON-FLUENT, MOTOR OR EXPRESSIVE APHASIA
SPONTANEOUS SPEECH Non-fluent, telegraphic, often dysarthric Greatly reduced - 10 wpm COMPREHENSION Intact, mild difficulty with complex grammatical phrases REPETITION Impaired

10 Broca’s Aphasia NAMING READING WRITING
Impaired Prompting helps significantly READING Often impaired WRITING Impaired, dysmorphic, dysgrammatic

11 Broca’s Aphasia Anterior distribution of left middle cerebral artery

12 Wernicke’s Aphasia FLUENT, SENSORY OR RECEPTIVE APHASIA
SPONTANEOUS SPEECH Fluent, often increased, paraphasias common, usually not dysarthric Often meaningless - Neologisms COMPREHENSION Impaired REPETITION

13 Wernicke’s Aphasia NAMING READING WRITING Impaired
Impaired for both comprehension and reading out loud WRITING Well-formed letters in meaningless combinations

14 Wernicke’s Aphasia Posterior distribution of left middle cerebral artery

15 Conduction Aphasia SPONTANEOUS SPEECH COMPREHENSION REPETITION
Fluent, some hesitancy May be paraphasic - meaningless COMPREHENSION Intact REPETITION Severely impaired Lesion involves arcuate fasciculus in dominant hemisphere

16 Conduction Aphasia NAMING May be moderately impaired READING
Reading out loud severely impaired Reading comprehension usually good WRITING Variable deficits

17 Aphasia Square Good Comprehension Poor Comprehension Fluent Speech
Wernicke’s Aphasia Fluent Speech Conduction Aphasia Transcortical Sensory Aphasia Broca’s Aphasia Mixed Transcortical Aphasia Non-Fluent Speech Transcortical Motor Aphasia POOR REPETITION GOOD

18 Anomic Aphasia (Anomia)
SPONTANEOUS SPEECH Fluent, some pauses, circumlocution COMPREHENSION Intact REPETITION NAMING Impaired, but prompting helps READING WRITING Intact, except for anomia


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