I am teaching a course on the brain and behavior and the other day in class we were discussing apraxia, which is a cognitive disorder where the person can no longer perform previously familiar movements with their hands, such as wavinf or brushing your teeth. I am using Josephine Wilson's text and I think I have found some conflciting information, which a student pointed out to me. The text states, "This disorder is not due to a motor dysfunction, however, or to an impairment in language comprehension..." Later on in the paragraph it states, "..., but they cannot perform the appropriate movements in response to a verbal command." Now, doesn't this seem conflicting to you? The text says that it is not due an impairment in language comprehension, but then later says a movement cannot be perfoemed in response to a verbal command? Isn't language comprehension and a vrebal command the same thing? I thought, as I was taught, that the problem laid in the fact that a person with this disorder couldn't understand what is being asked of them. For example, if I put a toothbrush in front of you and you are the one with apraxia, and I ask you to brush your teeth, you cannot perform this function because you do not understand what I am asking of you.
Any help???? Nina Nina L. Tarner, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
