Brain Language Centers: Broca’s Area, Wernicke’s Area, Angular Gyrus & Arcuate Fasciculus

Brain Language Centers: Broca’s Area, Wernicke’s Area, Angular Gyrus & Arcuate Fasciculus

The brain contains particular specialized areas that are involved in comprehending speech, initiating speech and forming sentences. These areas are located in particular lobes of the brain, and have specialized functions. Which hemisphere of the brain the language centers are located depends on the handedness of the patient, with interesting changes in location in those who are left handed.

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[oakstrong]

When I was 17 I fell on my head at gymnastics. I must have lost consciousness for a few minutes because when I came to, people we're surrounding me, saying I looked positively green! I sat up and tried to explain what had happened, but all that came out of my mouth was incoherent babble. Imagine the fear that I would be left like that for the rest of my life! But I found the experience quite 8nteresting afterwards. (I also found it interesting how different the pain is when someonehits you with a boxing glove compared to bare knuckles.

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[suhailahmad]

Well explained..thank you so much sir..

[johnbolton]

Hopefully you check this.
I thought there were four regions associated with the four kinds of language input/output (reading, writing, listening, speaking). Is that wrong?

[timident]

Excellent and very clear description… question…is there a way to test which area is in deficit or not working? 2 nd question if there is a broca deficit, ( not sure if that’s the terminology) are there ways to navigate around it for the patient? Ie through the use of assistive language tool ….. scenario: patient is very intelligent can do crosswords and complex tasks with relative ease, BUT simply can’t articulate with sentences …..

[amrsheair]

Hi hope you are well.
I've been searching about dominant hemisphere in left handed people and almost al sources stated that 65-75 % percent of them are left hemisphere dominant as well
hope you revise that detail. and let me know if i am wrong
thank you for your effort