Language Processing in the Brain: Wernicke's Area and Fluent Aphasia - PB007
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Let's explore language processing in the brain and focus in on a region that's known to be involved in language comprehension - Wernicke's area. How was it discovered? How does it fit in to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, an early neurological model of language in the brain? And what happens when this area is damaged? Social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plastic.brain.podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/elliekwork
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