Psychology / Unit 2 Psych 0223 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Broca's Area
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The idea
Broca's area, in the frontal lobe, is required for producing fluent speech.
In practice
A patient with Broca's damage understands every question asked and answers in effortful single words.
Where people slip
Broca's aphasia is not a loss of ideas. The patient generally knows what they mean to say.
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