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Randi C. Martin & Denise H. Wu

In: Handbook of Cognition

Chapter 17: The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language

Edited by: Koen Lamberts & Robert L. Goldstone

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781848608177.n17

Subject: Cognitive Psychology (general), Cognitive Development

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Martin, R. & Wu, D. (2005). The cognitive neuropsychology of language. In K. Lamberts & R. L. Goldstone Handbook of cognition (pp. 382-404). London: SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9781848608177.n17

Martin, Randi C. and Denise H. Wu. "The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language." In Handbook of Cognition, 382-404. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005. doi: 10.4135/9781848608177.n17.

Martin, R & Wu, D 2005, 'The cognitive neuropsychology of language', in Handbook of cognition, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, pp. 382-404, viewed 7 December 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781848608177.n17.

Martin, Randi C. and Denise H. Wu. "The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language." Handbook of Cognition. Koen Lamberts and Robert L. Goldstone. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005. 382-404. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 7 Dec. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781848608177.n17.

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The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language
The cognitive neuropsychology of language
Randi C.Martin, Denise H.Wu

The best-known model in the cognitive neuropsychology of language is no doubt the Wernicke-Lichtheim model (Wernicke, 1874; Lichtheim, 1885). According to this model, auditory word representations that are essential to language comprehension are represented in a posterior left hemisphere brain region termed Wernicke's area, whereas the motor word representations that are essential to language production are represented in an anterior left hemisphere brain region termed Broca's area. Both areas connect to a more distributed, less localized concept center, which contains the semantic representations for words. Damage to Broca's area spares comprehension but disrupts speech production, resulting in slow, labored articulation. Damage to Wernicke's area disrupts comprehension but spares production in terms of fluency. ...

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