Broca’s Region: From Action to Language

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Feb 2005 English Publisher:American Physiological SocietyJournal:Physiology, volume 20, pages 60-69 (issn: 1548-9213, eissn: 1548-9221,

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Authors: Nishitani, Nobuyuki; Schürmann, Martin; Amunts, Katrin; Hari, Riitta;

doi: 10.1152/physiol.00043.2004

pmid: 15653841

Broca’s Region: From Action to Language

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Abstract

Broca’s region, classically considered a motor speech-production area, is involved in action understanding and imitation. It also seems to help in sequencing of actions. Broca’s region might have evolved for interindividual communication, both by gestures and speech.

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Keywords

cytoarchitecture, language, human mirror-neuron system, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Motor Activity, imitation, Frontal Lobe, gesture, Animals, Humans, Speech, Brodmann area 44 and 45, magnetoencephalography (MEG), Broca's region, Comprehension

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