expressive aphasia

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I think the region that you're talking about is something along the line of Broca's region.

I might be mispronouncing that, not sure.

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Um, and Broca's region.

So when you think of Broca, think of Broca equals broken speech.

A person with Broca's aphasia generally understands much of what other people are saying, but has difficulty producing fluent speech.

So they understand it, but can't produce fluent speech.

Their speech may be slow, effortful, and abbreviated.

Instead of saying, I went to the grocery store this morning to buy some milk, they might say morning store milk.

The meaning is there, but producing the language is difficult.

This is why Broca's aphasia is often called expressive aphasia or non-fluent aphasia.

Patients are also frequently aware that something is wrong with their speech, which can produce considerable frustration.

Maybe they can sing but barely speak, or write but not read.

The region of the brain known as Broca's area in the left frontal lobe is involved with the production of speech.

If I suffered a trauma to this area, I might still comprehend speech, but struggle to speak.

Although, I might still be able to sing, because that's conducted elsewhere in the brain.

So we end up doing and saying things out of reaction instead of slowing down and doing it in action.

Something as well that's important for people to understand is the Broca's area, the part of the brain, it's like the temple area.

It's the language part of your brain.

When the prefrontal cortex turns off and the limbic system takes over, that Broca's area also disengages.

It's when we say stupid stuff.

We link social situations to survival because we're humans.

Since 1907, there have only been about a hundred confirmed cases.

That being said, one theory is that neurogenic FAS is caused by some sort of malfunction within the Broca's area, which is, along with the Wernicke's area, one of the two areas of the brain that help formulate speech.

For example, The sound tree and the concept of the word is stored in the Wernicke's area, and that information is transferred to the Brocke's area, where the physical process of pronouncing the sounds in tree are stored.

That information is then passed onto your lips and tongue to finally come out of your mouth as a full-fledged word.

In the case of Neurogenic FAS, the concept of language stored in Wernicke's area is intact, but the motor programs in Broca's area have been damaged and, therefore, language comes out slanted.

What the hell was that? It's French.

Yeah, sounds made up.