agrammatic comprehension

an inability to understand the meaning of sentences, even though the individual word items are understood correctly. This inability is most often apparent where sentences depart from standard word order (in English, subject–active verb–object) or are syntactically complex. The impairment is associated with conduction aphasia and agrammatism.

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May 6th 2024

kinesthetic feedback

information about the position, movement, tension, and so forth of body parts provided by stretch receptors in the muscle spindles and tendons and by receptors in the joints. See corollary discharge; muscle sensation.