Sanjay Is a Patient with Distinct Damage to Broca's Area

question 38

Essay

Sanjay is a patient with distinct damage to Broca's area, but he doesn't seem to exhibit the constellation of language impairments that characterize Broca's aphasia. Judy is a patient with fairly widespread damage to the left hemisphere, not limited to Broca's area, and she has been diagnosed with Broca's aphasia but with only some of the traditional symptoms. Explain the implications of these findings.

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Definitions:

Fahrenheit

A scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees under standard conditions.

Sterilizing (Autoclave)

A process using an autoclave to apply high-pressure steam at high temperatures to sterilize equipment, effectively killing all microorganisms.

Fahrenheit

A temperature measurement system where water's freezing point is at 32 degrees and its boiling point is at 212 degrees, given standard atmospheric conditions.

Celsius

A scale and unit of measurement for temperature where 0 degrees is the freezing point and 100 degrees is the boiling point of water under standard atmospheric conditions.