Unit 3 (Localisation) - Speech

Question 1

Broca’s Area

Answer 1

Responsible for speech production - Located in Left Frontal Lobe

Question 2

Wernicke’s Area

Answer 2

Responsible for speech comprehension - Located in Left Temporal Lobe

Question 3

Geshwind’s Territory

Answer 3

Nerve fibres connecting Broca’s and Wernicke’s Area’s - Responsible for interpreting and classifying things
Located in Left Parietal Lobe

Question 4

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 4

Difficulty expressing ones self via written or spoken means (non-fluent speech)

Question 5

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 5

Leads to difficulty producing written and spoken language that makes sense (fluent but meaningless speech)