The elliptical in the basement gym of my apartment building doesn't have a pause button. If I have to stop my workout for any reason, mostly likely a loose earbud, the machine stops and my "progress" ...

Conduction aphasia is a type of language disorder. It occurs due to damage in an area of the brain involved in language processing. Someone with the disorder may have difficulty repeating words or ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Read Part 1 here. Although speech and language ability is relatively new in our evolutionary history—our ape cousins can’t speak—it may be built on a foundation that ...

Wernicke’s aphasia is a language disorder that makes it hard for you to understand words and communicate. This disorder is caused by damage to the part of your brain that controls language. It leads ...

Your genes code for all your traits. Some genes are dominant and expressed if you receive a copy from one parent. Others are recessive and only apparent if you receive a copy from both parents. Genes ...

Repetition deficits in brain-injured individuals may reflect disruptions of auditory verbal short-term memory (AVSTM) (Shallice & Warrington, 1977). Disruptions of AVSTM are apparent when patients ...

Aphasia is a language disorder. It affects how you speak and understand language. People with aphasia might have trouble putting the right words together in a sentence, understanding what others say, ...

Do you tend to masseuse (er, misuse) words in humorous ways? If yes, you've made a malapropism—and everyone from politicians to famous literature characters is guilty of it. Have you ever uttered a ...

Difficulty finding words or the habit of substituting them with others that are similar semantically – such as knife and cutter – or phonologically – such as knife and wife – are usually the first ...

This rhetorical concept posits that three is the lowest number where humans begin to recognize patterns. As such, it serves as the backbone for effectively conveying ideas and stories, whether it’s as ...

Background and Purpose—We aimed to determine if ischemia involving Broca area predicts Broca aphasia more reliably in acute or chronic stroke. Methods—We included consecutive right-hand-dominant ...

Migraine episodes are mostly known for causing pain and discomfort, but they can also sometimes have neurological (brain-related) effects, including aphasia. Migraine headaches are intense headaches ...