michael sylvester wrote: > > Just curious as to what speech area is dominant during word salad > speech,Broca or Wernicke?
My recollection is that it is caused by a working Broca's area, but a dysfunctional Wernicke. > And since word salad has some similarity to the talking-in-tongues of > Holly Rollers, > maybe Ed and Ken teaching in Deliverance territory of Appalachian > State can share some insight on this. Various neuroscientists have speculated that "speaking in tongues" is the effect of a temporal lobe seizure. Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2208 or send a blank email to leave-2208-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
