Wernicke's Area

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Named after…

Carl Wernicke

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He discovered another language area at the ______________________ responsible for speech comprehension (understanding language)

Back of the left temporal lobe

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He found that patients with damage to Wernicke's area were still able to speak well, but we’re unable to…

Understand what they themselves had said or language that someone else had spoken to them

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This is known as…

Wernicke's aphasia