language center
Neural speech hub
The language center refers to regions of the brain responsible for producing and understanding speech, primarily Broca's area (speech production) and Wernicke's area (comprehension).
Damage to these areas causes specific language impairments.
The term also describes facilities where people study foreign languages: She enrolled at the language center to learn Mandarin.
- BrocaNeuroscientist behind speech-area discovery
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
- speechOral communication ability
- brainSeat of cognition
left brain · cortex · frontal lobe · temporal lobe · neurons · neural pathways · fluency · comprehension · temporal · frontal · hemisphere · left · processing · syntax · grammar · articulation · verbal · stroke
language centermotor cortex
Brain region controlling movement
visual cortex · amygdala · occipital lobe · limbic system · cerebellum
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