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
Wernickes Aphasia/Wernicke's area
Brocas 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?