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    The document discusses the brain hemispheres and language areas. It notes that each hemisphere is divided into four lobes - frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital - which are responsible for cognition, hearing, sensing, and vision respectively. It identifies specific language areas within the lobes, including Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe for speech comprehension, and Broca's area in the frontal lobe for speech encoding. It also mentions lateralization, where some brain functions occur in one hemisphere versus the other.

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    The document discusses the brain hemispheres and language areas. It notes that each hemisphere is divided into four lobes - frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital - which are responsible for cognition, hearing, sensing, and vision respectively. It identifies specific language areas within the lobes, including Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe for speech comprehension, and Broca's area in the frontal lobe for speech encoding. It also mentions lateralization, where some brain functions occur in one hemisphere versus the other.

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    The document discusses the brain hemispheres and language areas. It notes that each hemisphere is divided into four lobes - frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital - which are responsible for cognition, hearing, sensing, and vision respectively. It identifies specific language areas within the lobes, including Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe for speech comprehension, and Broca's area in the frontal lobe for speech encoding. It also mentions lateralization, where some brain functions occur in one hemisphere versus the other.

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    Gabriela Guajardo Notes

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    The document discusses the brain hemispheres and language areas. It notes that each hemisphere is divided into four lobes - frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital - which are responsible for cognition, hearing, sensing, and vision respectively. It identifies specific language areas within the lobes, including Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe for speech comprehension, and Broca's area in the frontal lobe for speech encoding. It also mentions lateralization, where some brain functions occur in one hemisphere versus the other.

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    Language and the brain


    1-The hemispheres of the brain
     The hemispheres maintain connection with one another through a bundle of fibres
    called the corpus callosum.
     Each cerebral hemisphere is divided into four parts or lobes: from front to back
    there are the frontal, temporal, parietal (located above the temporal), and the
    occipital.
     General functions such as cognition (to some degree) occur in the frontal lobe,
    hearing occurs in the temporal lobe, general somaesthetic sensing (feeling in the
    arms, legs, face, etc.) in the parietal lobe, and vision in the occipital lobe.

    2.-Language areas
     The front part of the parietal lobe, along the fissure of Rolando, is primarily involved
    in the processing of sensation, and may be connected with the speech and
    auditory areas at a deeper level.
     The area in front of the fissure of Rolando is mainly involved in motor functioning,
    and is thus relevant to the study of speaking and writing
     An area in the upper back part of the temporal lobe, extending upwards into the
    parietal lobe, plays a major part in the comprehension of speech. This is
    ‘Wernicke’s area’.
     The lower back part of the frontal lobe is primarily involved in the encoding of
    speech. This is ‘Broca’s area’.
     Another area towards the back of the frontal lobe, ‘Exner’s centre’, may be involved
    in the motor control of writing

    Lateralization: Besides their general functioning, the hemispheres have some very
    specialized structures and functions. Some functions occur in one hemisphere while other
    functions occur in the other hemisphere. This separation of functions is called
    lateralization.
    Reading: When a word is read, according to Wernicke, the information goes from the eyes
    to the visual area of the cortex in the occipital lobe, from there to the angular gyrus, then to
    Wernicke’s area and then to Broca’s area, which causes the auditory form of the word to
    be activated.
    Broca: speech; that part of the cortex bears his name, Broca’s area. Broca further noted
    that the speech area is adjacent to the region of the motor cortex that controls the
    movement of the muscles of the articulators of speech: the tongue, lips, jaw, soft palate,
    vocal cords, etc. He posited that speech is formulated in Broca’s area and then articulated
    via the motor area.

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