Broca's area

American  

[broh-kuhz air-ee-uh] / ˈbroʊ kəz ˌɛər i ə /

noun

Anatomy.

1. an area of the brain, usually considered to be located in the left inferior frontal gyrus, associated with speech production.

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Broca's area British  

/ ˈbrɒkəz /

noun

1. the region of the cerebral cortex of the brain concerned with speech; the speech centre

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Broca's area Scientific  

/ brō′kəz /

1. An area located in the frontal lobe of the brain, usually in the left cerebral hemisphere. It is associated with the motor control of speech. Broca's area is named for French surgeon and anthropologist Pierre Paul Broca (1824–80), who first located the area.

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Etymology

Origin of Broca's area

First recorded in 1900–05; after P. Broca

Example Sentences

By recording brain activity from people listening to a spoken story, researchers found that later stages of brain responses match deeper layers of AI systems, especially in well known language regions like Broca's area.

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This timing match was especially strong in higher level language areas such as Broca's area, where responses peaked later when linked to deeper AI layers.

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In the second stage, the network was trained to reproduce Broca's area, which, under the influence of Wernicke's area, is responsible for producing and articulating words.

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In this study, the researchers focused on language-processing regions found in the left hemisphere of the brain, which includes Broca's area as well as other parts of the left frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.

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A brain biopsy following the patient’s death revealed a large lesion in the frontal part of the left hemisphere, now known as Broca’s area.

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