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Broca’s Area

Location

• In the frontal lobe of the brain
• Facebook
  • Frontal Broca
  • FB

Lesion

• Broca’s aphasia is expressive aphasia
  • Patient understands things but cannot talk well

Wernicke’s Area

Location

• In the temporal lobe of the brain
• Twitter
  • Temporal Wernicke
  • TW

Lesion

• Wernicke’s aphasia is receptive aphasia
  • Affectionately known as “word salad”
  • Patient says fluent gibberish but does not understand things

Unity

• Both are usually on the left side
• Connected by the arcuate fasciculus nerve fibres

References

1. THE BRAIN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. (n.d.). BROCA’S AREA , WERNICKE’S AREA, AND OTHER LANGUAGE-PROCESSING AREAS IN THE BRAIN. [online] Available at: http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_10/d_10_cr/d_10_cr_lan/d_10_cr_lan.html [Accessed 26 Aug. 2018].