A patient comes to you,a brilliant neuropsychologist.He speaks with a lot of adjectives and adverbs,and his sentences are florid but make no sense.You also notice that he calls objects in the room by the wrong name.You conclude that this patient has ____.

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The patient's speech characteristics of using excessive adjectives and adverbs, and incorrect naming of objects in the room are indicative of Wernicke's aphasia. This is a type of language disorder that results from damage to the language processing center in the left temporal lobe of the brain, leading to difficulties in understanding and producing meaningful language.

A Patient Comes to You,a Brilliant Neuropsychologist