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Wernicke’s area

Wernicke’s area Wernicke’s area is a functional brain region in the dominant hemisphere, located in the back part of the superior temporal gyrus and often extending into parts of the parietal lobe.

Wernicke’s area is a functional brain region in the dominant hemisphere, located in the back part of the superior temporal gyrus and often extending into parts of the parietal lobe. Together with Broca’s area, it plays an important role in speech and language, and damage to it is linked with Wernicke aphasia and conduction aphasia.