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Wernicke's AreaIvan & Enno
1. Where?
2. Who?
3. When?
4. How?
5. What?
Frontal lobe Parietal lobe
Temporal lope
Occipital lobe
1.Where
Frontal lobe Parietal lobe
Temporal lope
Occipital lobe
Wernicke‘s Area
1.Where
Carl Wernicke• * 15. Mai 1848 Tarnowitz,
Prussia
• † 15. June 1905 Dörrberg, Germany
• Physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
• German university professor
• The Aphasic Symptom Complex (1874)
2.Who
The Aphasic Symptom Complex
• diagnosis of aphasic disabilities
• measure level of performance
2.When / 3.How
Aim:
Procedure:
Hypothesis:
• post-mortem study
• new methods
• specific area of brain, responsible for language
What it does / damages
• Understanding of written & spoken language
• When damaged:
• Language is devoid of meaning
• hard to follow conversations and instructions
• “Wernickes aphasia“
5.What
Sources
• Psychology - IB Diploma Course Companian
• Foundations of Biopsychology- Andrew Wickens
• WERNICKE'S REGION–WHERE IS IT? - J.E.Bogen & G.M.Bogen† (2006)
• www.psychology.jrank.org
• www.neuropsychologycentral.com
Books: Websites:
Ivan & Enno