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Paul Broca’s Case Study

Paul Broca’s Case Study. Brianna Jones, Cristina Derespinis, Danielle LaFleur, Sana Khatri. Pierre-Paul Broca. French surgeon 1861. Case. Patient had lost the use of speech Could no longer pronounce more than a single syllable

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Paul Broca’s Case Study

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  1. Paul Broca’s Case Study Brianna Jones, Cristina Derespinis, Danielle LaFleur, Sana Khatri

  2. Pierre-Paul Broca • French surgeon • 1861

  3. Case • Patient had lost the use of speech • Could no longer pronounce more than a single syllable • Whenever a question was asked patient replied tan, tan, in conjunction with varied expressive gestures

  4. Theory • Left side of cortex, involved with the production of speech, was damaged

  5. Diagnosis After conducting autopsy, • Large lesion, abnormality in the tissue, in the frontal area posterior inferior frontal gyrus • Suffered from Aphasia, communication disorder after injury to the Broca’s area

  6. Findings • The left inferior frontal gyrus of the brain was determined to be the center for speech, today called Broca's area • First discovery of the separation of function between the left and right hemispheres of the brain • First indications that specific brain functions exist in particular locations in the brain • There is a connection between the anatomy of the brain and what the brain does

  7. Discussion Questions • How would you communicate with someone suffering from Aphasia? • How would you communicate if you had Aphasia? • How did the discovery of the separate functions between the left and right hemisphere of the brain affect psychology? • What type of injuries can cause the Broca’s area to be damaged? • Compare the brain and functions of language-impaired patients versus normal patients.

  8. Works Cited N. F. Donkers, O. Plaisant, M. T. Iba-Zizen and E. A. Cabanis(2007). Paul Broca's Historic Cases.http://psychclassics.asu.edu/Broca/perte-e.htm T. Teter (2000). Pierre- Paul Broca.http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/broca.htm Bulletin de la SociétéAnthropologique (2003). Loss of Speech, Chronic Softening and Partial Destruction of the Anterior Left Lobe of the Brain.http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Broca/perte-e.htm

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