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Aphasia

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Abstract

Aphasia is impairment of language caused by brain damage. The term may be restricted to acquired disorders of language caused by focal brain lesions such as stroke, or more broadly applied to developmental language disorders or impairments due to diffuse brain damage such as head trauma or dementia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Subtitle of host publicationNadel/Cognitive
Publisherwiley
Pages1-10
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9780470018866
ISBN (Print)9780470016190
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2006

Keywords

  • agraphia
  • alexia
  • anomia
  • aphasia
  • language

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine
  • General Neuroscience
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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