Broca

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French physician French-language surname anatomist aphasia brain region language-related brain area neuroscientist person surname

Broca is a French surname most famously associated with Paul Broca, the 19th-century physician and anatomist who identified the brain region responsible for speech production.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Paul Broca 0
Broca's area 0
Broca's aphasia 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French physician ⓘ
French-language surname ⓘ
anatomist ⓘ
aphasia ⓘ
brain region ⓘ
language-related brain area ⓘ
neuroscientist ⓘ
person ⓘ
person ⓘ
person ⓘ
surname ⓘ
associatedWith damage to Broca's area ⓘ
language processing ⓘ
speech production ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
France ⓘ
France ⓘ
familyName Broca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Broca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
de Broca ⓘ
fieldOfWork anatomy ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ
film direction ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
neuroscience ⓘ
givenName Paul ⓘ
hasEponym Broca's aphasia ⓘ
Broca's area ⓘ
hasNotableBearer André Broca ⓘ
César de Broca ⓘ
José Broca ⓘ
Paul Broca ⓘ
Philippe de Broca ⓘ
inferredLateralization left hemisphere dominance for language ⓘ
inferredLocationOfSpeechProduction left frontal lobe ⓘ
knownFor discovery of Broca's area ⓘ
research on speech production in the brain ⓘ
studies of aphasia ⓘ
languageOfOrigin French ⓘ
locatedIn dominant hemisphere ⓘ
frontal lobe ⓘ
namedAfter Paul Broca ⓘ
Paul Broca ⓘ
partOf cerebral cortex ⓘ
studied patients with speech impairments ⓘ
symptom effortful speech production ⓘ
non-fluent speech ⓘ
relatively preserved comprehension ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Broca → familyName → Broca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: André Broca
Paul Broca → familyName → Broca ⓘ
Broca → familyName → Broca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Broca