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asd123 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Which of the following students' statements provides the best summary of the information on aphasia?

a. Uma: People with Broca's aphasia have trouble expressing language; their language comprehension is normal.
b. John: Contrary to popular opinion, Broca's aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia are virtually identical.
c. Lata: People with Wernicke's aphasia produce large quantities of speech, but it often doesn't make sense; they also have trouble understanding speech.
d. Suzanne: People with Wernicke's aphasia can understand instructions that involve a sequence of actions; people with Broca's aphasia cannot understand this kind of message.

Question 2

Which of the following students provides the most accurate statement about neurolinguistics research?

a. Augusto: In right-handed people, language is processed almost exclusively by the right hemisphere.
b. Heidi: Right-handed people and left-handed people show very similar patterns of hemispheric specialization.
c. Esther: Virtually all language tasks are performed by the left hemisphere of the brain; the right hemisphere does not play a substantial role in language processing.
d. Laura: The left hemisphere handles most language tasks, but the right hemisphere processes some abstract components.