Exam 11: Language and Lateralization

Your ______ voice can modulate activity in the amygdala and help shape the lateralization of language areas.

A child, although bright, is unable to copy a sentence from the chalkboard, and also often cannot remember content after reading a text book. It is possible that the child has:

Babbling in infants reflects:

Unlike individuals without dyslexia, the planum temporale can ______ on the _____ side of the brain in those with dyslexia.

According to the linguistic nativism theory, genetic constraints may allow for some variance in grammar across cultures and languages, but not much.

The inability to retrieve the correct verb when communicating is called:

Dysphonia occurs when:

New languages that spring up when two or more unintelligible languages intermix, such as with slavery are called _______.

In the case of the woman who makes up words, a patient suffering from damage to Wernicke's area may display:

If a doctor asks an individual to tie their shoe, take the wrapper off of a stick of gum, then slam the door, the doctor may be trying to diagnose:

In which area is the right hemisphere usually dominant?