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area
area measure of the size of a surface region, usually expressed in units that are the square of linear units, e.g., square feet or square meters. In elementary geometry, formulas for the areas of the simple plane figures and the surface areas of simple solids are derived from the linear dimensions ... Read more
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area
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Stretford
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metropolitan area network
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catchment area
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Native Americans
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handedness
handedness habitual or more skillful use of one hand as opposed to the other. Approximately 90% of humans are thought to be right-handed. It was traditionally argued that there is a slight tendency toward asymmetrical physiological development favoring the right side of the body, and that the cente... Read more
Forest of Arden
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hectare
hectare , abbr. ha, unit of area in the metric system , equal to 10,000 sq m, or about 2.47 acres. ... Read more
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire council area (1993 est. pop. 223,630), 2,438 sq mi (6,315 sq km), and former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Aberdeenshire (or Aberdeen) became part of the Grampian region in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996, Grampian was ... Read more

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language and the brain
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...gyrus of the left hemisphere (now referred to as Broca's area ). This region is adjacent to areas of the brain...aphasia had suffered damage to regions other than Broca's area, and that damage to Broca's area did not always result in classical ... Read more
Paul Broca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1872). An authority on aphasia, he localized the brain center for articulate speech in the convolution of Broca, or Broca's area (the third convolution of the left frontal lobe). He originated methods of classifying hair and skin color and of establishing... Read more
Language Disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...hemisphere of the brain — Broca's area in the posterior frontal lobe and...in language functions. Damage to Broca's area results in problems with language...inflections. Damage to Wernicke's area produces speech that is fluent and... Read more
handedness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...greater development of the left hemisphere results in right-handedness. Anatomical studies have demonstrated that Broca's center, the area of the cerebral cortex that controls speech and muscular coordination, is almost always better developed in the... Read more
Brain
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders ...part of the cerebrum called Wernicke's area where meaning is constructed. Motor areas control muscle movements. Broca's area translates thoughts into speech, and...0.08 in (2 mm) thick with a surface area about 5 sq ft (0.5 sq m), it's nearly... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Broca's area"

Broca's area
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Broca's area ( broh -kăz) n. the area of cerebral motor cortex responsible for the initiation of speech. It is situated in the left frontal lobe in most (but not all) right-handed people. [ P. P. Broca (1824–80), French surgeon] Read more

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

Pierre Paul Broca. (A Portrait in History).
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...his medical degree in 1848. Broca's remarkable career would revolve...against this theory before Broca's epoch presentation in 1861...localization of speech to a specific area of the brain. Gall placed...and published it in 1865. Broca's concepts on speech localization...1861, ... Read more
When your brain is damaged, why can't you talk anymore?(Ask Doctor Cory)
Magazine article from: Children's Playmate; 9/1/1998; ; 124 words ; ...Certain areas of the left side of the brain control speech. Broca's area is the part responsible for forming speech. It tells the...brain organizes the movements of these muscles. Wernicke's area is the part responsible for understanding speech. Injury... Read more
Mapping metaphor: this is your brain on figurative language.
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...knuckle-sized regions on the brain's left side called Broca's area and Wernicke's area. The former module was responsible...brain share in these responsibilities and, second, that Broca's and Wernicke's regions contribute to other important tasks... Read more
L: learning disorders.(Vocabulary Builder)
Magazine article from: Science World; 2/2/2004; 184 words ; ...scientist: -- ( ) 6a. The largest area of your brain: -- ( ) 6b. It...7. Section in the largest area of your brain that helps you understand language: left -- 8. Broca's area: Brain region that helps you...The left -- ( )-- -temporal area is the brain region that analyzes...The left ... Read more
Who's Who.(prospective vice presidential running mates)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...There's a part of the brain called Broca's area that Milbank says directs the production...intelligible speech. The wires between the Broca's area of the governor's brain and his...reason, it is clear that Bush's Broca's area is not getting its message across... Read more
Dr. Cook's reply to comments on her review of Parapsychology and Thanatology.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Parapsychology; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...were essentially co-localized in Broca's area, the brain region associated with...languages were spatially separated in Broca's area. In light of these observations...produce separate foci of activity in Broca's area. Almeder (and others, including... Read more
Mapping the brain terrain.(Jack & Jill's Health Heroes)(Pierre Paul Broca addresses Parisian Anthropological Society in 1841)
Magazine article from: Jack & Jill; 1/1/2005; ; 175 words ; ...then examining their brains after they died. He learned that they often had damage to an area of the left frontal lobe. Later this was called Broca's Area. As the first to demonstrate that certain abilities were located in specific areas of the... Read more
Mapping the Brain Terrain.(Pierre Paul Broca, pioneer in brain research; France)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jack & Jill; 9/1/2001; 175 words ; ...then examining their brains after they died. He learned that they often had damage to an area of the left frontal lobe. Later this was called Broca's Area. As the first to demonstrate that certain abilities were located in specific areas of the... Read more
TCM-combined treatment for aphasia due to cerebrovascular disorder.(Abstracts: The Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine)(Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Chinese Medicine; 10/1/2006; ; 463 words ; ...on areas associated with the speech centre, the angular gyrus, Broca's area, Wernick's area, the thalamus and the basal ganglia. This involved needling along...speech which were used in the study in addition to the speech area were stimulated. Read more
Intelligence, language, morality: the neuroscience of human endurance.(THE GOOD BOOK)(general interest books on neuroscience)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...itself situated in Wernicke's area, which is a larger locus associated...remarkable cells in the F5 premotor area of macaque monkeys in the 1990s. The F5 area in macaques corresponds to Broca's area in humans, which is commonly...structure that later evolved into ... Read more