Broca’s aREA



Broca’s aREALocated in the frontal lobe of the LEFT hemisphere onlyProduction of articulate speech, clear and fluentMoves the muscles that are required to speakInvolved in analysing the grammatical structure of sentences, helps us extract meaning from languageDamage to broca’s area results inBroca’s aphasia (non fluent aphasia) = Trouble with speech production, speech consists of very short and simple sentences, mainly verbs and nounsWernicke’s AREALocated in the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere only, next to the primary auditory cortexInvolved in the Interpretation of speech, referred to as the language comprehension centerVital for locating appropriate words from memory to express meaningDamage to wernickes area results inWernicke’s aphasia (fluent aphasia) = Trouble with speech comprehension. Also cant produce meaningful sentences, can string words together but what they say is nonsensical. ................
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