diagnosis of exclusion - testing of cognitive abilities, then diagnosis of language inability
Specific Language Impairment
Children with SLI
function words are missing
incorrect pronoun usage
working memory lower - memorization while performing another task
William's Syndrome
extremely social and fluent
listining capabilities are hindered
iq of around 50 but have large vocab and severe phys problems
also a chromosome 7 mutation
Where is language is the brain?
fmri/pet - good at finding where in the brain something is happening, but with a time delay
erp/eeg - (opposite)
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