You are sitting in the waiting room at a Neurology clinic when three recovering

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You are sitting in the waiting room at a Neurology clinic when three recovering stroke patients arrive for their appointments, soaking wet from the sudden rain squall outside. With a smile, you remark to them, "Looks like you three went swimming with your clothes on!" They respond to you in three very different ways. Match their responses to the most likely region where their brain injuries occurred by dragging the correct pictures from the right to their responses at left. This patient smiles back at you, and mumbles This patient gives you a blank look and says" haven't been swimming, it's raining outside." The patient looks at you with a confused expression and says "My hat sends fine department wash now?" Reset

Explanation / Answer

The first situation describes Broca's aphasia. The person is not fluent and forms I'll formed words. It corresponds to the third image. This is an early case of frontotemporal dementia. This corresponds to the second image. This is Fluent Aphasia also known as Wernicke's aphasia. The person uses incoherent words but is quite fluent. Corresponds to the fourth image.

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