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area
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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
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Aberdeenshire
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Encyclopedia entries related to "Broca's area"

Broca, Pierre Paul
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...latter view. Broca's view eventually prevailed...later Homo erectus ). Broca is best known for his...functions in different areas of the brain . In 1861...with damage to a specific area of the brain. The area...the front of the brain's left hemisphere, became known as ...
Paul Broca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Paul Broca , 1824-80, French pathologist, anthropologist, and pioneer in...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...
language and the brain
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...According to Lichtheim's Connectionist Model of...with a specific brain area. Damage to an area, or to a connection between two areas, would produce an aphasia. Lichtheim's model not only accounted...the aphasias reported by Broca and Wernicke, but it...
Aphasia
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...aphasia. The areas of the brain...Wernicke ’ s area, where words...stored; and Broca ’ s area, which...Wernicke ’ s area and sends signals...Because these areas of the brain...example, if the Broca area is injured...
Handedness
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...result of the human brain's unique development. While...demonstrated that various areas of the brain control different...functions. The brain's fundamental structure is...started studying the brain's anatomy, they learned...and anthropologist Pierre Broca (1824-1880) and the...
Dysphasia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...subcortical connection between these areas. Disease, direct trauma, lesion...communicating their thoughts. BROCA'S DYSPHASIA. Broca's dysphasia is the most common type...caused by damage to the lower area of the premotor cortex, located...
Language Disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...years, certain areas in the adult left hemisphere — Broca's area in the posterior...and Wernicke's area in the temporal...role these brain areas play in language...production. Damage to Broca's area results in marked...
Speech Disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...or in any of the areas of the brain that...communication devices Broca’s area Communication disorders...Wernicke’s area. Broca’s area coordinates...Wernicke’s area controls the comprehension...involve damage to the ...
Language Disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...that certain areas in the left hemisphere...brain—Broca's area in the posterior...and Wernicke's area in the temporal...functions. Damage to Broca's area results...Wernicke's area produces speech...traditional language areas of the ...
Speech
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...that a predator is in the area. The sound warns others...means by which a people's history can be handed down...speech or the written word. Broca's area: The part of the brain...speech possible is known as Broca's area. It is located...

Dictionary entries related to "Broca's area"

Broca, Pierre Paul
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Academy of Medicine. Broca ’ s versatility was...function, and other areas of medicine, and...physician named Lugol. Broca published several...hemisphere has localized areas of function, although...anatomy of the brain. Broca ’ s equally important...
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]
Aphasia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...damage to the posterior areas of the second and third...disturbance identified by Broca would be known as "motor...affected the subject's autonomy. Sigmund Freud's work on aphasia, published...accepts the work of Paul Broca but questions Wernicke...
Memory
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...research. In 1891 Freud's On Aphasia: A Critical...the discoveries of Paul Broca. Freud did not take sides in the dispute between Broca, who localized language...to a specific cerebral area, and Carl Wernicke, who...conduction aphasia. Freud's solution, which resembled...
Fritsch, Gustav Theodor
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...agility by working in several areas of science as well as having...issues. Fritsch ’ s energy was immense, and...professor. Fritsch ’ s most important contribution...Bouillaud. Pierre-Paul Broca, and J. Hughlings Jackson...in the 1806 ’ s, Fritsch and Hitzig provided...
Duval, Mathias Marie
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1880 Duval succeeded Pierre Paul Broca as professor of zoological anthropology...near Dieppe. Duval ’ s work was strongly influenced...disseminate Darwin ’ s theory of evolution. His research in this area reflects his training as a histologist...
Hitzig, (Julius) Eduard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...personality. Hitzig ’ s intentions were laudable...into specific, functional areas. But the experiments of...In the 1860 ’ s, however, clinical evidence...Baptiste Bouillaud), by Broca, and in particular by...refute Flourens ’ s conclusions. In 1870 Hitzig...

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Broca's brain: brother, wherefore art thou?(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...had described was subsequently named, with his own Broca's area discernible. Sagan was mesmerized by the incongruity...Musee de l'Homme and reflect as Sagan did, upon Broca's area in Broca's very brain. It was not to be. Brother Broca...
Pierre Paul Broca. (A Portrait in History).
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...against this theory before Broca's epoch presentation in 1861...of speech to a specific area of the brain. Gall placed...presented his father's work in 1863 and published it in 1865. Broca's concepts on speech localization...
Broca Networks & Synavant form alliance to deploy speech driven call reporting service.
M2 Presswire; 11/15/2002; 700+ words ; ...Our sole focus at Broca is to deploy speech technology...Brian Corbett, CEO of Broca Networks "SYNAVANT is...companies. SYNAVANT`s sector expertise is crucial...effective service." About Broca Networks Broca designs...for our customers in the areas of Enterprise Efficiency...
A portrait of history: Pierre Paul Broca
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...against this theory before Broca's epoch presentation in 1861...of speech to a specific area of the brain. Gall placed...presented his father's work in 1863 and published it in 1865. Broca's concepts on speech localization...
Cognitive control and parsing: Reexamining the role of Broca's area in sentence comprehension
Magazine article from: Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...LIFG), which includes Broca's area, plays a direct role in...hypothesis that Broca's area subserves syntactic working...LIFG), also known as Broca's area, does not predict...damage are not necessarily Broca's aphasies. In fact...
Broca's area's critical role in imitation. (Abstracts).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences); 8/1/2002; ; 623 words ; To determine if Broca's area plays a critical role in human imitation, we conducted a repetitive...cortical activity in three sites: the left inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's area), right inferior frontal gyrus, and an occipital control...
Mapping the Brain Terrain.(Pierre Paul Broca, pioneer in brain research; France)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jack & Jill; 9/1/2001; 556 words ; ...enemy and never lost a friend." Broca found the speech center of the...lobe. Later this was called "Broca's Area." As the first to demonstrate...abilities were located in specific areas of the brain, Broca led the way to future brain discoveries...
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; ; 700+ words ; ...enemy and never lost a friend." Broca found the speech center of the...lobe. Later this was called "Broca's Area." As the first to demonstrate...abilities were located in specific areas of the brain, Broca led the way to future brain discoveries...
French Director Philippe De Broca Dies
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/28/2004; 339 words ; ...PARIS French director Philippe de Broca, who worked as an assistant...Vabres announced the director's death early Saturday morning...The daily Le Parisien said de Broca died of cancer in a Paris-region area hospital Friday night. His most...
Northstar Neuroscience Announces Promising Data on the Use of Cortical Stimulation to Treat Stroke-Related Broca's Aphasia.
Business Wire; 9/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...treat stroke-related Broca's aphasia. The study's principal investigators found that...language improvement for chronic Broca's aphasia than speech-language...particularly involving the premotor areas. Taken together, these data suggest...