In addition to its most well known function, this area of the brain is associated with motor-related processes such as grasping and with interpreting the actions of others.
This is located in the inferior frontal gyrus of the brain and consists of the pars opercularis and pars triangularis. In addition to its most well known function, this area of the brain is associated with motor-related processes such as grasping and with interpreting the actions of others. The scientist that names this region of the brain characterized it after discovering lesions in the brains of patients, the first of whom was nicknamed "Tan" because of his limited vocabulary. Lesions in this area are described as an expressive and agrammatic aphasia. Patients with an aphasia of this area are able to understand what is said to them but are unable to speak fluently, producing only disjointed words. For 10 points, name this area of the brain that, unlike Wernicke's area, is involved in language production.
This is located in the inferior frontal gyrus of the brain and consists of the pars opercularis and pars triangularis.
{Broca’s} Area