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Wernicke's area |
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Wernicke's area [′ver·ni·kēz ‚er·ē·ə] (neuroscience) An area located in the left temporal lobe just posterior to the primary auditory complex that is involved with speech comprehension, injury to this area results in fluent aphasia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 15) A tumor on the dominant side at Wernicke's area could result in dysphasia or aphasia. The brain pathway for normal reading has also been identified (from visual area to angular gyrus to Wernicke's area to Broca's area), as have the sequences involved in memory storage. According to Julian Jaynes, the phenomenon of inspiration as the hearing of voices (of the Muses or of any other agency) is explained by the fact that the right hemisphere (parieto/temporal location corresponding to Wernicke's area) originates auditory signals which are transmitted to the left hemisphere's Wernicke's area through the anterior commissure. |
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