Item 3 Language in the Brain: the Areas with Language Functions
Picture of the area Label and description of the area
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Thalamus:
Filters language signals
Relays information to...
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Item 3 Language in the Brain: the Areas with Language Functions
Picture of the area Label and description of the area
http://www.
mrc-cbu.
cam.
ac.
uk/people/jessica.
grahn/neuroanatomy.
html
Thalamus:
Filters language signals
Relays information to emotional responsive areas more quickly than to
organizational cognitive areas
Note: Language processing is strongly influences by emotional processing
Language signals are sorted and sent to Cortical areas: Broca’s area and Wenicke’s area
http://www.
mrc-cbu.
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ac.
uk/people/jessica.
grahn/neuroanatomy.
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Broca’s Area: 44 & 45
Involved in:
o Motor production of language and grammatical processing of language
(phonological and morpho-syntactic processing)
Wernicke’s Area: 39 & 40
Involved in:
o Spoken language comprehension
o Recalling content words and making sense of the words
(Lexico-semantic processing)
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Right Hemisphere that Corresponds to:
Broca’s Area – involved in proces
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