Caramazza and Zurif (1976) tested Broca's, Wernicke's, and conduction aphasics on reversible and irreversible sentences. They found that:
A) Wernicke's patients were able to process both types of sentences most accurately
B) Wernicke's patients processed the reversible sentences but not the irreversible sentences.
C) Broca's aphasics were able to process both types of sentences most accurately
D) Broca's aphasics did well on irreversible sentences but not on reversible sentences

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Broca's aphasics have difficulty with reversible sentences because these require more syntactic processing to understand who is doing what to whom, a task that is challenging due to their impaired language production and comprehension abilities. Irreversible sentences, which are easier to understand based on real-world knowledge, pose less of a challenge, hence Broca's aphasics perform better on them.

Caramazza and Zurif (1976) Tested Broca's, Wernicke's, and Conduction Aphasics