Aphasia

Who first described aphasia in 1861?

• A) Wernicke

• B) Broca

• C) Luria

• D) Goodglass

What is a significant characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in relation to language impairment?

• A) Fluent but meaningless speech

• B) Difficulty comprehending semantically complex orders

• C) Severe impairment in all language modalities

• D) Intact comprehension

What type of brain hemorrhage is often seen in the elderly after a fall?

• A) Subarachnoid hemorrhage

• B) Intracerebral hemorrhage

• C) Epidural hemorrhage

• D) Subdural hemorrhage

Aphasia is primarily caused by brain damage in the right hemisphere.

• A) True

• B) False

Patients with aphasia may present with associated disorders such as hemiparesis and Auditory agnosia.

• A) True

• B) False

What did Wernicke contribute to the understanding of aphasia?

• A) Identification of brain areas affected

• B) Description of Broca's aphasia

• C) Expansion of aphasia understanding

• D) Introducing of neuroimaging techniques

Which type of dementia is characterized by a progressive decline in cognition due to damage or disease in the brain?

• A) Alzheimer's disease

• B) Vascular dementia

• C) Frontotemporal dementia

• D) Lewy body dementia

Are verbal paraphasias characterized by the substitution of meaningful units in language?

• A) True

• B) False