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| The gene in the brain that controls language acquisition |
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| Which area of the brain is larger and holds the language area |
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| What suffers from left hemisphere damage |
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| Abstract language: speaking signing and writing are all affected |
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| increase left hemisphere activity |
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| EEG's show what during language use |
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| PET scans show what during language use |
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| damage to any part of this can cause language disfunction |
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| All chordates have what kind of control? |
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Contralateral: Left controls the right
right controls the left |
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| Better recognition of words happen when they're flashed to the |
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| Right side manual activity interferes with |
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| What handed people are more susceptible to language impairements |
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| Affects language production but not understanding |
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Nouns and parts of speech confused, omitted, or altered
Suggests that Wernicke’s Area may contain the lexicon |
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Connection between Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas (arcuate fasciculus) is damaged
Suffers cannot repeat language |
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| Suffers can replicate language but not understand it or produce it spontaneously |
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| This is distinctly different in late bilinguals |
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| This does not change regardless of language learners age |
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| Out of Language learning or language acquisition, which one takes more brain area? |
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| What are the three designs of Nonhuman communication systems |
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| Finite reparatory of calls Continuous analog signal that registers the magnitude of some state A series of random variations on a theme |
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| Human communication systems are seated in |
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| the perisylvian area of the cerebral cortex |
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| Which human communications are subcortical |
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| laughing swearing sobbing etc. |
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| Do chimpanzees effectively use sign language |
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Common function found in different organisms
Similarity is based on function |
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Common ancestor organ
Similarity based on heritability |
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| In monkeys wernicke's area is |
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| Used in discriminating calls from other monkeys from their own |
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| In monkeys broca's area allows |
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| Control of similar vocal tract organs |
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