A brain region responsible for the comprehension of language and the production of meaningful speech.
A brain region responsible for comprehension of language and production of meaningful speech.
Usually identified as the first (some prefer the designation superior) temporal convolution of the left hemisphere, and the site of a classic Wernicke's aphasia. Centred on Brodmann's Area 22 [to see where this is on the cortical map, click here, and to see Wernicke's own diagram, click here].
Synonym for Wernicke's centre ... The region of the cerebral cortex thought to be essential for understanding and formulating coherent, propositional speech; it encompasses a large region of the parietal and temporal lobes near the lateral sulcus of the left cerebral hemisphere; corresponding approximately to Brodmann's areas 40, 39, and 22. ... Sy...
[n] - the auditory word center
A part of the brain, in the left temporal lobe, that is involved in understanding language.