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

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Broca's area

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.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026

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.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

That gives more “real estate” to the brain’s frontal regions, including one heavily involved in speech known as Broca’s area.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 8, 2021

Connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s is a neural network: a thick, curving bundle of billions of nerve fibres, the arcuate fasciculus, which integrates the production and the comprehension of language.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

The discovery of Broca's area finished of the theories of the Phrenologists and the Whole Brainers.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman