In an old Twilight Zone episode,a man wakes up one morning to find that people around him are using words that make no sense to him,and they also don't seem to understand him.His wife tells him that their son forgot his dinosaur today,and when he looks puzzled,she holds up the son's lunchbox and repeats,"You know,his dinosaur." This man's predicament is most like which of the following disorders?
A)Wernicke's aphasia
B)Broca's aphasia
C)apraxia
D)spatial neglect

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The man's difficulty understanding language and using language appropriately is most consistent with Wernicke's aphasia, which is a type of language disorder characterized by difficulty understanding the meaning of spoken or written language. In contrast, Broca's aphasia is characterized by difficulty with the production of language, rather than comprehension. Apraxia refers to difficulty with motor planning and execution, and spatial neglect refers to a problem with attend to one side of the body or space.

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