title: Aphasia and the relationship of language and brain.
abstract: This article provides a brief history of the study of aphasia, along with current data on aphasic syndromes and their localization in the brain as well as information on testing procedures. A brief examination of language from a functional perspective is also provided, as it is difficult to understand the breakdown patterns without an appreciation for the complexities of language processing per se.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Saffran
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language