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What is the difference between Broca's area and Wernicke's area?

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What is the difference between Broca's area and Wernicke's area?

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Broca's area, located in the left frontal lobe, controls speech production and the motor movements needed to form words. Damage to Broca's area causes Broca's aphasia, where the person understands language but struggles to produce fluent speech, speaking in short effortful phrases. Wernicke's area, located in the left temporal lobe, is responsible for language comprehension. Damage to Wernicke's area causes Wernicke's aphasia, where the person speaks fluently but the speech is meaningless and they cannot understand spoken or written language. The arcuate fasciculus connects the two areas.
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