Broca's area

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brain region cortical area language-related brain region

Broca's area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain that is crucial for speech production and language processing.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Broca area 1
Brodmann area 44 1
Brodmann area 45 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf brain region ⓘ
cortical area ⓘ
language-related brain region ⓘ
associatedWithFunction articulation planning ⓘ
complex sentence comprehension ⓘ
grammar processing ⓘ
inner speech ⓘ
language processing ⓘ
language production ⓘ
morphological processing ⓘ
phonological processing ⓘ
speech motor planning ⓘ
speech production ⓘ
syntactic processing ⓘ
verbal working memory ⓘ
bloodSupply middle cerebral artery ⓘ
superior division of middle cerebral artery ⓘ
connectedBy arcuate fasciculus ⓘ
connectedTo Wernicke area ⓘ
surface form: Wernicke's area

auditory cortex ⓘ
basal ganglia ⓘ
premotor cortex ⓘ
primary motor cortex ⓘ
supplementary motor area ⓘ
thalamus ⓘ
discoveredBy Paul Broca ⓘ
hasSubregion Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brodmann area 44

Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brodmann area 45
hemisphereDominance left hemisphere for language in most individuals ⓘ
involvedIn language production planning ⓘ
language-related cognitive control ⓘ
processing of hierarchical syntax ⓘ
sequencing of speech movements ⓘ
speech initiation ⓘ
verbal fluency tasks ⓘ
word retrieval ⓘ
lesionAssociatedWithSymptom agrammatism ⓘ
anomia ⓘ
effortful speech ⓘ
impaired repetition ⓘ
nonfluent speech ⓘ
relatively preserved comprehension ⓘ
lesionCauses Broca's aphasia ⓘ
expressive aphasia ⓘ
locatedIn cerebral cortex ⓘ
dominant cerebral hemisphere ⓘ
frontal lobe ⓘ
Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: inferior frontal gyrus

left hemisphere in most people ⓘ
left hemisphere in most right-handed individuals ⓘ
namedAfter Paul Broca ⓘ
overlapsWith Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: pars opercularis of inferior frontal gyrus

Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: pars triangularis of inferior frontal gyrus
partOf dominant hemisphere language network ⓘ
frontal lobe language network ⓘ
perisylvian language network ⓘ
studiedUsing PET imaging ⓘ
functional MRI ⓘ
lesion studies ⓘ
transcranial magnetic stimulation ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Paul Broca → discovered → Broca's area ⓘ
Broca → hasEponym → Broca's area ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Broca
Broca's area → hasSubregion → Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brodmann area 44
Broca's area → hasSubregion → Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brodmann area 45
Homo sapiens → languageArea → Broca's area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broca area
Broca's area → locatedIn → Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: inferior frontal gyrus
Paul Broca → notableConcept → Broca's area ⓘ
Broca's area → overlapsWith → Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: pars opercularis of inferior frontal gyrus
Broca's area → overlapsWith → Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: pars triangularis of inferior frontal gyrus