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wernicke's area

 

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Noun wernicke's area has 1 sense
  1. Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center - the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
    --1 is a kind of center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre
    --1 is a part of language area, language zone

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Wernicke's Area

Definition: Wernicke's Area refers to a specific region in the brain's left hemisphere, primarily located in the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus. It is involved in speech comprehension and language processing.

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Noun:

  • Damage to Wernicke's Area can result in receptive aphasia, where individuals struggle to understand spoken or written language.
  • Scientists have conducted various studies to explore the role of Wernicke's Area in bilingual language processing.

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