Wernicke’s aphasia

loss of the ability to comprehend sounds or speech, in particular to understand or repeat spoken language and to name objects or qualities (see anomia). It is a fluent aphasia in which speech output is typically distorted, incorrect, or inappropriate (see paraphasia). The condition is a result of brain damage, typically in the left posterior lateral temporal lobe, and may be associated with other disorders of communication, including alexia, acalculia, or agraphia. Also called cortical sensory aphasia; receptive aphasia; sensory aphasia. [Karl Wernicke]

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Psychology term of the day

July 27th 2024

script

1. a cognitive schematic structure—a mental road map—containing the basic actions (and their temporal and causal relations) that comprise a complex action. Also called script schema.

2. a structured representation consisting of a sequence of conceptual dependencies grouped together to capture the semantic relationships implicit in everyday human situations. It was designed for the purpose of computer-based story understanding. [created in 1966 by U.S. cognitive and computer scientist Roger C. Schank (1946– ) and U.S. psychologist Robert P. Abelson (1928–2005)]

3. see prescription drug.

4. see script analysis.