A person who sustains damage to the ________ will be unable to ________.
A) right temporal pole; name objects
B) arcuate fasciculus; repeat nonwords
C) posterior commissure; name objects
D) right temporal pole; produce fluent spontaneous speech
E) arcuate fasciculus; comprehend speech

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The arcuate fasciculus is a white matter tract that connects Broca's area (which is responsible for producing speech) with Wernicke's area (which is responsible for language comprehension). Damage to this area can lead to a specific type of language impairment called conduction aphasia, in which the person is unable to repeat nonwords or sentences correctly, but their spontaneous speech and language comprehension remain intact. Therefore, a person who sustains damage to the arcuate fasciculus will be unable to repeat nonwords.

A Person Who Sustains Damage to the ________ Will Be