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Language Comprehension
Lang Comp
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100
Language comprehension is a combination of ________ and _________ processes.
Top-down and bottom-up
100
Top-down predictions are based on these 3 things...
(1) communication context (2) semantic/syntactic/word knowledge (3) working memory
100
Ventral stream travels primarily via _____________.
INFERIOR FRONTO-OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS.
100
Final stage of language comprehension (ventral stream) is _________.
Integration and comprehension of the spoken message.
100
Dorsal stream conveys sound map from PT/SMG to premotor complex and to the __________.
Inferior frontal gyrus - pars opercular
200
_______ processing of auditory and visual events.
Bottom-up
200
Initial processing of language begins in bilateral __________.
Heschl's gyrus, and adjacent areas of the superior temporal gyrus.
200
Ventral stream speech sound processing occurs in the _________________.
planum temporale / supramarginal gyrus
200
Right hemisphere focuses on ________.
Prosodic information (in homologous areas to the ventral stream - left hemisphere).
200
IFG-OP and premotor complex assign motor movements needed to __________.
Reconstruct the sound map (e.g., how would I reproduce that word I just heard?)
300
top-down predictions based on ____________.
prior knowledge of language and communication context.
300
Initial auditory processing of language responds to acoustic components of speech sound (with/without) interpretation. [choose]
WITHOUT
300
Evidence suggest that "_________" are stored in the planum temporale / supramarginal gyrus.
sound maps
300
Dorsal stream travels via the ________.
ARCUATE FASCICULUS
300
______ responds to a novel spoken word.
Dorsal stream
400
Bottom up processing involves _______________.
extracting meaningful info from constantly changing acoustic inputs, facilitated by prosody.
400
______ stream is characterized as "sound to meaning" or processing "what" stream
Ventral stream
400
Middle temporal gyrus and surrounding areas do what?
Assign meaning to speech sounds.
400
Speech sound processing occurs in the ______________.
Planum temporale (PT) and supramarginal gyrus (SMG).
400
_____ is present in newborns (providing the basis for learning the sounds of a language) while the _________ develops later.
Dorsal stream is present in newborns. Ventral stream develops later. (Motor before meaning).
500
Bottom-up processing is augmented by _______.
visual info from gestures and facial expressions
500
Dorsal stream characterized as __________.
"sound to motor" or processing "where/how"
500
Inferior frontal gyrus - triangular part assigns ____________.
word order arrangement.
500
Dorsal stream conveys the sound map from the PT/SMG to the _______.
Premotor complex
500
Damage to Wernicke's area results in:
impaired comprehension, meaningless speech