Receptive aphasia, also known as Wernicke's aphasia, "Fluent aphasia" or "sensory aphasia" in clinical neuropsychology and cognitive neuropsychology, is a type of aphasia often (but not always) caused by neurological damage to Wernicke's area in the brain. This is not to be confused with Wernicke's encephalopathy or the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) is a domain specific extension of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for tumor diseases. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The Mendelian Inheritance in Man project is a database that catalogues all the known diseases with a genetic component, and - when possible - links them to the relevant genes in the human genome. ... MedlinePlus (medlineplus. ... eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996. ... The Diseases Database is a free website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions, symptoms, and medications. ... Clinical neuropsychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that specialises in the clinical assessment and treatment of patients with brain injury or neurocognitive deficits. ... == ISABEL IS COOL AND SHE LOVES COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY!!!!!!!!! == Cognitive neuropsychology is a branch of neuropsychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes. ... Aphasia is a loss or impairment of the ability to produce or comprehend language, due to brain damage. ... Wernickes area is a part of the human brain that forms part of the cortex, on the left posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus, posterior to the primary auditory cortex, on the temporo-parietal junction (part of the brain where the temporal lobe and parietal lobe meet). ... Wernickes encephalopathy is a severe irreversible syndrome characterised by loss of short-term memory. ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a combination of Korsakoffs syndrome, which is characterized by confusion, severe anterograde and retrograde amnesia and confabulation; and Wernickes encephalopathy, which is characterized by nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, coma and, if untreated, death. ...

Figure one illustrates significant language areas of the brain. In Broca's aphasia, the area typically lost is highlighted in blue. In Wernicke's aphasia, the area lost is highlighted in green.

Speech is preserved but language content is incorrect. This may vary from the insertion of a few incorrect or nonexistent words to a profuse outpouring of jargon. Rate, intonation and stress are normal. Substitutions of one word for another (e.g. "telephone" for "television") are common. Comprehension and repetition are poor. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2084x1640, 189 KB) Summary The areas of the brain with color code to significant language areas. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2084x1640, 189 KB) Summary The areas of the brain with color code to significant language areas. ... One might be looking for the academic discipline of communications. ... Understanding is a psychological state in relation to an object or person whereby one is able to think about it and use concepts to be able to deal adequately with that object. ...

Example:

I called my mother on the television and did not understand the door. It was too breakfast, but they came from far to near. My mother is not too old for me to be young.

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Patients who recover from Wernicke's aphasia report that while aphasic they found the speech of others to be unintelligible, and even though they knew they were speaking, they could neither stop themselves nor understand what they had just said.

Receptive aphasia in popular culture

An episode of FOX's House first aired on January 10, 2006, featured a patient experiencing both receptive aphasia and agraphia. House (formerly titled House, M.D.) is an American television series, an hour-long medical drama that debuted in the fall of 2004 and stars Emmy-nominated British actor Hugh Laurie. ... Agraphia is inability to write resulting from brain disease. ...

See also

• Compare with expressive aphasia (Broca's aphasia).
• Logorrhoea