Neuropsychology Terms: Language Crossword

Imperfect articulation of speech
Disturbance of comprehension/formulation of language
L-frontal lobe lesion causing halting/effortful speech production with agrammatism resulting in "telegraphic speech;" repetition poor, but comprehension good
Impaired syntax
Non-fluent aphasia with difficulty spontaneously responding (can repeat long utterances); repetition and comprehension good
Fluent aphasia with semantic paraphasias/circumlocution & echolalia; repetition good, but comprehension poor
Repeat questions rather than answer them
Reception and expression severely impaired; repetition good, but comprehension poor
Rare fluent aphasia marred by phonemic paraphasias caused by lesion of arcuate fasciculus; repetition of lengthy/complex phrases poor, but comprehension good
Large white matter tract connecting Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas
Temporal or parietal lobe lesion causing fluent mild aphasia with difficulty word-finding, using generic fillers (i.e. "thing") or circumlocution; repetition and comprehension good
Use of many words when fewer would do
L-temporal lobe lesion resulting in utterances that have structure but no meaning with jargon and press of speech; repetition and comprehension poor
Substitution for a word by a sound, incorrect word, or unintended word
More than half of intended word produced correctly (e.g., “pun” for “spun” or "tevilision" for “television”)
Entirely novel nonsense word or less than half of intended word produced correctly
Inability to name persons or objects
Inability to write (may evidence problems with letter formation, spelling, word selection, grammar, or spatial arrangement)
Inability to read and/or comprehend meaning of written words/sentences
Basic speech sounds
Simple units of meaning that cannot be further divided
Meanings of words or sentences
Grammatical rules for constructing phrases and sentences
FTD w/ gradual loss of language fx in context of relatively preserved memory, visual processing, & personality until advanced stage
important for language (communication skills thought to be mediated by left _____ and thalamus
Area in frontal lobe involved in language production (expressive language)
Area in temporal lobe involved in language comprehension (receptive language)