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    Wernicke's area (/ˈvɛərnɪkə/; German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɪkə]), also called Wernicke's speech area, is one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex that are linked...
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    individuals with Wernicke's aphasia. Therefore, they may produce a large amount of speech without much meaning. Individuals with Wernicke's aphasia often...
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    specifically in speech. As such, Wernicke's area (a.k.a. Wernicke's Speech Area) has been named after the scientist. Wernicke was born on May 15, 1848, in...
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    Wernicke encephalopathy (WE), also Wernicke's encephalopathy, or wet brain is the presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the...
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    the left auditory cortex, specifically in BA 22, results in Wernicke's aphasia. Wernicke's aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia, is a language disorder...
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    language areas that are involved in language production and processing are Broca's and Wernicke's areas, and the angular gyrus. Broca's Area was first...
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    part of Wernicke's area Area 40 – Supramarginal gyrus considered by some to be part of Wernicke's area Areas 41 and 42 – Auditory cortex Area 43 – Primary...
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    visual areas 17, 18, and 19 to the angular gyrus (area 39) and from there to Wernicke's area, for silent reading or, together with Broca's area, for reading...
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  • classical or Wernicke-Geschwind model of the language system in the brain focuses on Broca's area in the inferior prefrontal cortex, and Wernicke's area in the...
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    produced by a person with Wernicke's aphasia is riddled with semantic errors and may sound nonsensical to the listener. Wernicke's aphasia is characterized...
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