BIO 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Paraphasia, Carl Wernicke, Visual Cortex

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rosewhale172

19 Sep 2016

School

Stony Brook University

Department

Biology

Course

BIO 208

Professor

Leslie Evinger

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Language is in the left cerebral cortex (wikipedia): wikipedia: much of the language function is processed in several association areas, and there are two well-identified areas that are considered vital forhuman communication: wernicke"s area and broca"s area. These areas are usually located in the dominant hemisphere (the left hemisphere in 97% of people) and are considered the most important areas for language processing. This is why language is considered a localized and lateralized function. This is not 100% true!!!!!: in 93% of all people, the left hemisphere is dominant for language. Major language regions in the left hemisphere: motor control of mouth and lips, broca"s area, auditory cortex, motor cortex, wernicke"s area, angular gyrus. How brain processes speech: sound comes into auditory cortex, which projects to wernicke"s area where sound is given meaning, i. e. , speech comprehension, wernicke"s area projects to the angular gyrus and via the arcuate fasiculus to.

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