Say What?

At the risk of admitting the extent to which I devour pop culture, the first time I was introduced to the concept of aphasia was during an episode of House. The patient on the episode spoke rambled nonsense and was diagnosed with Wernicke’s Aphasia (speaking illogical sentences) and Agraphia (the inability to write rationally). Being the omnipotent doctor that House is, he was able to replace the illogical words for what the patient meant to say and found a way to communicate. While I am ignorant enough to believe a lot of the show (and the consequent hundreds of thousands of dollars in MRI’s) as plausible, I needed to investigate this peculiar neurological disorder for myself.