Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 29, 2026

Translational Brain Mapping at the University of Rochester Medical Center: Preserving the Mind Through Personalized Brain Mapping
Published on: August 12, 2019
[Verbal fluency and lesion of the cerebral cortex (author's transl)]
Abstract:
The words fluency test (Ramier and Hecaen, 1970, 1977) is administered to 91 brain damaged right-handed subjects. Groups are constructed according to lesional lateralisation, frontal localisation of lesions and presence of aphasia. Total number of productions, nubmer of correct responses, number and types of errors, number of pathological subjects are studied. It appears that aphasic patients and subjects with frontal brain damage are deficient, but the effect of the lateralisation of the lesion is not observed. Aphasic patients produce other errors (neologisms, proper nouns, repetitions) than subjects with frontal damage (inability to change the initial letter after appropriate instructions).
Related Concept Videos
Association Areas of the Cortex
Prefrontal Association Area: This area is located in the frontal lobe and is involved in planning, decision-making, and moderating social behavior. It connects with primary motor areas,...
Higher Mental Functions of the Brain: Language
Language formation and comprehension take place in the dominant hemisphere. The dominant hemisphere is responsible for understanding the meaning of spoken, written, or sign language, as well as the ability to communicate. For most people, the left hemisphere is the dominant one. The right hemisphere, then, gives tone and emotional context to the...
Cerebral Hemispheres
Lateralization
Language and Cognition
Dementia l: Introduction

