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  • The study involved taking recordings from a part of the brain called Wernicke's area, at the back of the left temporal lobe, which is involved in speech comprehension.

    Brain activity decoded to play back heard words 2012

  • According to the classical neurological model of language, Broca's Area is involved in speech production, and Wernicke's Area, which is located in the temporal lobe, is required for speech comprehension.

    Brain activity decoded to play back heard words 2012

  • This part of the brain is where Broca's and Wernicke's areas are located, which control speech and language comprehension.

    Dr. Douglas Fields: Tongue Piercings Could Lead to Severe Brain Infections 2010

  • This part of the brain is where Broca's and Wernicke's areas are located, which control speech and language comprehension.

    Dr. Douglas Fields: Tongue Piercings Could Lead to Severe Brain Infections 2010

  • [His or her] Wernicke's area [the portion of the brain presumed to process language] is staffed by an army of jumpsuited code-breakers, working a barn-size space that is strung about the rafters with a mathematically intricate lattice of rope and steel, and maybe gusseted by a synthetic coil that is stronger and more sensitive than either, like guitar strings made from an unraveled spinal cord, each strand tuned to different tensions.

    Cry Wolfe 2006

  • My own Wernicke's area has long thrilled to the surprising and inventive turns of his narration.

    Cry Wolfe 2006

  • The operation stimulates the brain's motor cortex and creates a new section between the two language control areas known as Wernicke's area and Broca's area.

    William Klein: Medical Advance Enables McCain to Talk Out of Both Sides of His Mouth 2008

  • [His or her] Wernicke's area [the portion of the brain presumed to process language] is staffed by an army of jumpsuited code-breakers, working a barn-size space that is strung about the rafters with a mathematically intricate lattice of rope and steel, and maybe gusseted by a synthetic coil that is stronger and more sensitive than either, like guitar strings made from an unraveled spinal cord, each strand tuned to different tensions.

    Cry Wolfe 2006

  • My own Wernicke's area has long thrilled to the surprising and inventive turns of his narration.

    Cry Wolfe 2006

  • Wernicke's sets, costumes and lighting play artfully with the parameters of belief and disbelief.

    In Search Of A Shadow 2007

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