Carl Wernicke

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human neurologist

Carl Wernicke was a German neurologist and psychiatrist best known for identifying the brain region responsible for language comprehension and describing Wernicke’s aphasia.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
neurologist ⓘ
birthDate 1848-05-15 ⓘ
causeOfDeath bicycle accident ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate 1905-06-15 ⓘ
described Wernicke's aphasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sensory aphasia ⓘ
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th-century medicine ⓘ
early 20th-century medicine ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Wernicke NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork aphasiology ⓘ
neuroanatomy ⓘ
neurology ⓘ
psychiatry ⓘ
givenName Carl NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEponym Wernicke's aphasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wernicke's area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
identified posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus as a language comprehension center ⓘ
influencedBy Paul Broca NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Wernicke's aphasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wernicke's area NERFINISHED ⓘ
research on language comprehension in the brain ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement localization theory in brain function ⓘ
name Carl Wernicke NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea connectionist model of aphasia ⓘ
localization of language comprehension in the left temporal lobe ⓘ
notableWork Der aphasische Symptomenkomplex NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation neurologist ⓘ
psychiatrist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Province of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarnowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gröbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld professor of neurology and psychiatry ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1874 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Wernicke area → namedAfter → Carl Wernicke ⓘ
Wernicke area → discoveredBy → Carl Wernicke ⓘ
Wernicke's aphasia → namedAfter → Carl Wernicke ⓘ