aphemia

n. as originally defined by Paul Broca, a motor aphasia with nonfluent speech but intact language functions, as evidenced by intact writing. It contrasts with Broca’s aphasia, in which writing is also disrupted.

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Psychology term of the day

December 25th 2024

sudden insight

sudden knowledge or understanding of the truth or essential nature of something, such as a problem or complex situation. See aha experience; discontinuity hypothesis; eureka task; inspiration.