AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Damage to Wernicke’s area, located in the left hemisphere of the brain, can lead to various speech and language disorders, particularly Wernicke’s aphasia. Individuals with Wernicke’s aphasia can typically speak fluently, but their speech is often nonsensical and lacks meaning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wernicke’s aphasia is another name for receptive aphasia. It happens when the area of your brain that controls language called the Wernicke area is damaged. This condition is also called sensory aphasia or fluent aphasia. People who have Wernicke’s aphasia can’t understand words.

Detailed explanation-3: -Damage to the temporal lobe of the brain may result in Wernicke’s aphasia (see figure), the most common type of fluent aphasia. People with Wernicke’s aphasia may speak in long, complete sentences that have no meaning, adding unnecessary words and even creating made-up words.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aphasia is caused by damage to the language-dominant side of the brain, usually the left side, and may be brought on by: Stroke. Head injury. Brain tumor.