Question

You have a dream in which you wake up to find that people around you are using words that make no sense. What’s more, your friends don’t seem to understand you when you speak. At one point in your dream, your mom tells you that you almost forgot your tree limb today. When you give her a puzzled look, she holds up your lunchbox and repeats, "You know, your tree limb."
Your predicament in your dream is most like which of the following disorders? (Pick the best answer.)

a. Wernicke’s aphasia
b. Broca’s aphasia
c. apraxia
d. spatial neglect

Answer 1

Answer:

A.

Explanation:

Aphasia is the condition in which a person faces difficulty in understanding words spoken by others and finds it difficult to speak also. It is a type of communication disability disorder.

Wernicke’s Aphasia is the disorder caused due to some damage in the left middle side of the brain. The left middle side of the brain is called the Wernicke area, named after the neurologist, Carl Wernicke.

Some symptoms of Wernicke’s Aphasia are:

• making sentences that don't make sense.
• difficulty in repeating words or phrases.

In the given condition, one must be suffering from Wernicke’s Aphasia. Because the symptoms one is having are of Wernicke’s Aphasia.

So, the correct answer is option A.