Key concepts from chapters 12 and 13

Ling/Psych 371

June 2, 2000

Chapter 12

Feral and Isolated Children (Victor, Isabelle, Genie)

pidgin

creole

language bioprogram

preemption principle

acquisition in deaf and blind children

Piaget and the relationship between cognition and language

William's Syndrome

Chapter 13

brain anatomy - get to know the labeled brain picture well;

hemisphere

corpus callosum

gyrus fissure

Sylvian Fissure

motor cortex auditory cortex visual cortex

aphasia

Wernicke’s Aphasia/Wernicke's area

Broca’s Aphasia/Broca's area

Jargon aphasia

conduction aphasia

alexia agraphia

arcuate fasciculus

angular gyrus

split-brain patient

lateralization

contralateralization

visual field task

dichotic listening test

event related potential (aka "ERP"), e.g. N400 & P600

What type of processing is done by the left or right hemisphere?

Understand the different functions of the brain parts, especially the language centers

How does information flow through the brain when you read a word out loud?