Define the terms communication, language, and a wide variety of descriptive terms for cortical language and knowledge impairments • Review the functions classically associated with the cerebral cortex • Categorize cortical deficits and associated patient conditions • Identify neurological pathways used by the cerebral cortex • Describe in detail concepts of lateralization of brain function and hemisphere dominance or hemisphericity • Describe and demonstrate a schema to maintain a methodical approach to the patient with a communication disorder • Visualize a patient with a split brain disorder • Review and assess concepts and skills necessary to perform an examination of a patient with a communication disorder • Compare and contrast loss of neurologic function at the level of the primary modality to disorders of the primary cortical receptive area as well as in the association cortex
