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Broca area: Quick Facts

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Also Known As convolution of Broca • Broca cap • anterior speech area

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Labeled diagram of the human brain from a side view, highlighting regions for motor, sensory, auditory, visual, and speech functions, including Broca's and Wernicke's areas.
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Broca, Paul
Paul Broca
French anthropologist and pathologist

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