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    become known as Broca's area, and the deficit in language production as Broca's aphasia, also called expressive aphasia. Broca's area is now typically...
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    of person with Broca's Aphasia "Broca's aphasia. Discovery of the area of the brain governing articulated language", analysis of Broca's 1861 article,...
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    speech, the other being Broca's area. It is involved in the comprehension of written and spoken language, in contrast to Broca's area, which is primarily...
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    is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language. His work...
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    Paul Broca associated speech production with an area in the posterior inferior frontal gyrus, which he called "Broca's area". Although this area is in...
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  • Broca may refer to: 340479 Broca, a minor planet Broca's area, a region of the hominid brain with functions linked to speech production Broca's Brain...
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    The best example of an established lateralization is that of Broca's and Wernicke's areas, where both are often found exclusively on the left hemisphere...
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    from Wernicke's area via the arcuate fasciculus to Broca's area, where morphemes are assembled. The model proposes that Broca's area holds a representation...
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    (Brodmann area 47 BA47). The left-hemisphere Brodmann area 44 and Brodmann area 45 make up Broca's area, a region that is active in semantic tasks, such as...
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    century, Paul Broca studied person with expressive aphasia. These person had lesions in the anterior perisylvian region (now known as Broca's area), and produced...
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  • articulation are generated. This is then sent from Broca's area to the motor cortex for articulation. Paul Broca identified an approximate region of the brain...
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    range of higher-order cognitive functions, including speech formation (Broca's area), gaze (frontal eye fields), working memory (dorsolateral prefrontal...
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    in Broca's area usually in the left hemisphere. Damage to this region often results in a type of non-fluent aphasia known as Broca's aphasia. Broca's area...
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    Latin 'curved bundle') is a bundle of axons that generally connects Broca's area and Wernicke's area in the brain. It is an association fiber tract connecting caudal...
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    primarily in the inferior frontal cortex, specifically in an area known as Broca's area. Next, the brain must plan how to physically create the sounds...
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    When compared to individuals with Broca’s, Wernicke’s, anomic, and conduction types of aphasia, those with Broca’s aphasia showed the best rate and extent...
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    methods (e.g., the consistent localization of Broca's speech and language area to the left Brodmann areas 44 and 45). However, functional imaging can only...
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    Brodmann area List of regions in the human brain Ardila, A., Bernal, B., & Rosselli, M. (2017). Should Broca’s area include Brodmann area 47? Psicothema...
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    Together with left-hemisphere BA45, the left hemisphere BA44 comprises Broca's area, a region involved in semantic tasks. Some data suggest that BA44 is...
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    connection between the right visual field and the language areas (Broca's area and Wernicke's area). However, this does not mean one with pure alexia is incapable...
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    development of the area of the brain involved in speech production, Broca's area, may cause muteness. Trauma or injury to Broca's area, located in the left...
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  • function of Broca's area.[citation needed] Lesions exclusive to Broca's area (the foot of the inferior frontal gyrus) do not produce Broca's aphasia but...
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    of language are attributed to Broca's area within the frontal lobe. Speech comprehension is attributed to Wernicke's area, at the temporal-parietal lobe...
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    structure and complexity. Larger cell sizes are also found in layer III of Broca's area. The human brain has an overall leftward posterior and rightward anterior...
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    from this program. Paul Broca associated regions of the brain with specific functions, in particular language in Broca's area, following work on brain-damaged...
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    swollen lymph nodes, shortness of breath, or yellow skin. Broca's area – or the Broca area, is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere...
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    the anterior portion of the left hemisphere, most notably Broca's area. Individuals with Broca's aphasia often have right-sided weakness or paralysis of...
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    lobe (location of Broca's area i.e. language expression) Inferior division supplies lateral temporal lobe (location of Wernicke's area i.e. language comprehension)...
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  • to those of humans. Both contain Broca's and Wernicke's homologues that are involved in communication. Broca's area is largely used for planning and producing...
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  • mirror-neuron system in action recognition, and proposing that the human Broca's area was the homologue region of the monkey ventral premotor cortex. While...
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