Associative Aphasia (Noun)
Meaning
Aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient's diagnosis of associative aphasia explained her difficulty in repeating a sentence just heard, despite being able to understand its meaning.
- Researchers studied the effects of associative aphasia on language processing, focusing on the role of association tracts in the brain.
- The neurologist explained that the patient's associative aphasia was caused by damage to the connection between language centers in the brain.
- In cases of associative aphasia, patients often struggle to repeat words or phrases, but can still comprehend spoken language.
- The patient's associative aphasia made it challenging for her to engage in conversations, as she had trouble repeating and responding to questions.