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Direct linkBinkofski, Ferdinand; Buccino, Giovanni – Brain and Language, 2004
Broca's region in the dominant cerebral hemisphere is known to mediate the production of language but also contributes to comprehension. This region evolved only in humans and is constituted of Brodmann's areas 44 and 45 in the inferior frontal gyrus. There is, however, evidence that Broca's region overlaps, at least in part, with the ventral…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Motor Reactions, Language Processing, Comprehension
