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The following 15 pages use this file: Aphasia; Broca's area; Cognitive neuropsychology; Cognitive psychology; Conduction aphasia; Expressive aphasia; Neurolinguistics; Planum temporale; Postmortem studies; Receptive aphasia; Speech; Speech–language pathology; Wernicke's area; Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals/Design/Archive 3; Portal:Linguistics
Wernicke's area (/ ˈ v ɛər n ɪ k ə /; German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɪkə]), also called Wernicke's speech area, is one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex that are linked to 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 involved in the ...
The superior temporal gyrus also includes Wernicke's area, which (in most people) is located in the left hemisphere. It is the major area involved in the comprehension of language. The superior temporal gyrus is involved in auditory processing, including language, but also has been implicated as a critical structure in social cognition. [2] [3]
The angular gyrus is represented in orange, the supramarginal gyrus is represented in yellow, Broca's area in blue, Wernicke's area in green, and the primary auditory cortex in pink. In neuroscience and psychology , the term language center refers collectively to the areas of the brain which serve a particular function for speech processing and ...
The model is known as the Wernicke–Geschwind model. For listening to and understanding spoken words, the sounds of the words are sent through the auditory pathways to area 41, which is the primary auditory cortex (Heschl's gyrus). From there, they continue to Wernicke's area, where the meaning of the words is extracted.
Diagram labeling planum temporale in green. The planum temporale is the cortical area just posterior to the auditory cortex ( Heschl's gyrus ) within the Sylvian fissure . [ 1 ] It is a triangular region which forms the heart of Wernicke's area , one of the most important functional areas for language. [ 2 ]
The damaged area was named Wernicke's area, and is located in the left hemisphere’s posterior superior temporal gyrus (Brodmann area 22). Signers with damage in Broca's area have problems producing signs. Those with damage in the Wernicke's area (left hemisphere) in the temporal lobe of the brain have problems comprehending signed languages ...
Damage to this area would result in Broca aphasia which causes the patient to become unable to formulate coherent appropriate sentences. [17] Wernicke's Area Wernicke's area was discovered in 1976 by Carl Wernicke and was found to be the site of language comprehension. Wernicke's area is also found in the left hemisphere in the temporal lobe.