Mary suffered a head injury in a car accident last week.Since that time she is able to speak fluently but uses the wrong words when expressing herself.Mary may be exhibiting ________ aphasia.

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Mary's ability to speak fluently but use the wrong words suggests a problem with understanding language and selecting the correct words to express herself. This is consistent with Wernicke's aphasia, which affects language comprehension and word selection. Broca's aphasia, on the other hand, affects the ability to produce grammatically correct sentences but does not typically impact word selection. The corpus callosum is not directly involved in language processing, and the somatosensory cortex is involved in processing touch and sensation, not language.

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