Is there only one Wernicke area and one Broca area, both in the left hemisphere? There's not another one on the other side of the brain is there?
So, I thought this would be beneficial for a lot of you here to know, especially if you struggle with talking about your expierences.
I recently learned that trauma and PTSD can affect and even damage the part of the brain called the Brocaβs area, which is related to verbalization of speech.
When people get exposed to trauma or have PTSD, this part of the brain actually tends to shut down, which means, it becomes incredibly difficult to verbalize things related to your traumatic events. Art can actually bipass this part of your brain, which can be beneficial in processing and venting.
And holy shit, when I heard that, so much of myself just made sense. Throughout therapy, anytime iβve tried to talk about my trauma, it was as if my vocal chords stopped working. My mind would go blank, and no words would be able to come out, even if I wasnβt really in a heightened emotional state. Even when just talking about my feelings to i someone, it would be like pulling teeth to just get words out. My vocal chords seem to strain to get any sound out.
Edit: some readings
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/visions/trauma-and-victimization-vol3/where-trauma-hides
https://www.psychcongress.com/article/computers-diagnose-ptsd-analyzing-veterans-speech-patterns
https://aphasia.talkbank.org/publications/2012/Caglar12.pdf
The initial question came to me specifically regarding freestyle rappers, who can have marvelous adaptions of language. I am curious now if politicians, comedians, speakers, singers, etc may have enhanced or differential development of the speech/language center of the brain.
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I study linguistics and, as you might know, some of the most basic things you're taught in the beginning is that Broca's area is responsible for speech production and Wernicke's for speech perception (understanding). Now that I'm reading this book about multilingualism and neuroscience (Andrews, E. 2014) I learned that there are actually a loooot more regions responsible for language processing - and they're not even exclusively responsible for language functions. I feel a little tricked.. Did you know about this?
Broca's Area = Speech Production.
Hello. Although I do not have a solid Biology background, I am reading up on the Broca and Wernicke's area of the brain to help me understand how language develops in our brain. I wish to utilise this as a parallelism for a project that I have been working on. Therefore, I needed to know what would be the most effective way of understanding language development in the brain? For example, tractography techniques seem helpful. Any other suggestions? Thanks!
I was just wondering if any nueroscientists have observed activity in the brocas area when studying people in the act of musical improvisation. I feel like certain people speak rather than play instruments and I wouldnt be suprised to see activity in this area for certian individuals. I have seen some studies published on freestyle rappers in scientific american however I dont believe they tested any other type of perfomers. If anyone can point to some resources to clarify this connection or anything relevant It would be much appreciated
I would guess Brocaβs is either underdeveloped or repurposed for another non-language related task but what about wernickeβs area? Is it specifically for understanding hearing, or is it used for understanding communication in any form.
Hello,
If I'm not wrong, a year ago I read a neuro-anatomy book in which it says Broca's and Wernicke's areas are found in the temporal lobe of the 'Dominant' hemisphere. Then, In order to be sure, I compared it with another neuro-anatomy atlas and it was the same. Now, I need to find at least 2 reliable resources/articles that also mentions this information but since I don't have books now, I have to find some articles or pdf books from the internet. Firstly, Is this information correct? We know it's the temporal lobe but, what about the 'Dominant' hemisphere thing? Secondly, can you share with me any reliable articles/book pdfs that shows the information? I need it until Thursday, I hope you can help me. ( Already searched for some articles but since I'm kind of busy with other lectures, I don't have enough time to skim full articles ) Thanks a lot!
I'm student of neuroscience and when i asked this to my professor,during the class, she wasn't totally sure about the answer to the question.
Suppose you have a damage in the Area of Broca. When i say "a damage in the area of broca", i mean a Broca's aphasia or expressive aphasia. That ,from my understanding, will prevent you from speaking logically and in a coherent way. And it also affects writing from what i've learned.
But this kind of pathology does not prevent you from understanding language, so if you have this problem. Would you be able to write down a word or a phrase someone is saying to you or, you would have problems with that also, even if you only have to repeat the word or phrase they are saying?
I want to know if it would be really hard for this person, if it wouldn't be a problem at all or if it is nearly impossible for them to do this.
