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17th Century Studies
Termed "Aphonia" - this term now reserved for special type of voice disorder -
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Franz Joseph Gall
Franz suggests localization of language & other functions in the brain. However, he was also kind fo a wacko/eugenicist. -
Johann Gesner
Johann Gesner releases a monograph on aphasia, calling it "speech amnesia." This is considered to be the first major study. -
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Case Studies
Various case studies of aphasic speech; described paraphasia, jargon, preserved serial speech, writing problems, etc. -
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Armand Trousseau
Aphasia not limited to impaired language function; also impacts intelligence -
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Pierre Marie
Argued that aphasia is a single disorder, localization doesn't matter. Opponent of Broca. French, named Pierre, literally a cliche. -
Paul Broca
"We Speak with the Left Hemisphere" Identifies an area of the brain associated with language. Describes language disorders associated with brain lesions ("aphemia"). -
John Hughlings Jackson
English neurologist, wrote about "affections of speech from diseases of the brain" -
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Wernicke
Published two reports presented a type of aphasia that contrasted with Broca's. Eventually identified the place in the brain where that aphasia originated. Has a nifty name. -
Kurt Goldstein
Insisted that abstract thinking ability is imparied in the brain. Also opposed localization. Advocated that each mental function is organized into a "gestalt," a functional category that cannot be further reduced. -
Henry Head
Argued that Aphasia influences both verbal and nonverbal symbolic behavior. English, also very stereotypical name. -
Joannes Nielsen
Handedness/Hemispheric Dominance -
Roman Jakobson
Phonological study of aphasia -
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Aleksandr Luria
Two papers - moderate view; each brain structure responsible for a function, but brain ultimately works as a whole -
Weisenburg and McBride
Quantitative assessment procedure -
Hildred Schuell
"Aphasia is a unitary language disorder without general cognitive involvement" ... questioned difference b/w Broca's & Wernicke's aphasia -
Norman Geshwind
Called aphasia a syndrome of "cortical disconnection" -
Lucas Steuber
Lucas Steuber born. Statues of the Virgin Mary all over the globe cry tears of apple juice. Every dog in Korea barks simultaneously. The core density of Venus is ominously reduced.