Wernicke's area Research Articles

Adult-Child Conversations Strengthen Language Regions of Developing Brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 14, 2018

Researchers report the greater conversational turn taking between adults and children, the stronger the connections are between the Wernicke's area and Broca's area in the child's brain. ... Read More...

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Image shows a little girl in headphones sitting on an MRI scanner bed.

Language Characterizes Humans

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 21, 2016

From babbling to complex sentences, researchers delve into how our ability to produce and understand language makes us humans unique.... Read More...

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This image shows the location of the Wernicke's area in the brain.

Remapping the Brain’s Language Area

Neuroscience NewsJune 25, 2015

New dementia research comes up with new locations for words and sentence comprehension in the brain.... Read More...

FeaturedNeurology7 min read

Two brain images are shown side by side with Wernicke's area highlighted.

Research Reveals How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 16, 2013

Scientists used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover how the human brain adapts to injury. The research shows that when one brain area loses functionality, a back-up team of secondary brain areas immediately activates, replacing not only the unavailable area but also its confederates.... Read More...

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Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 30, 2012

New location of critical area provides hints on origin of language.Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brai... Read More...

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News

Dog ownership associated with better cardiovascular health

Suicide and self-harm risk nearly triple in people with restless leg syndrome

How ‘Australian’ mutation leads to Alzheimer’s disease

Neuroscience

Dog ownership associated with better cardiovascular health

Suicide and self-harm risk nearly triple in people with restless leg syndrome

How ‘Australian’ mutation leads to Alzheimer’s disease

Neurology

Dog ownership associated with better cardiovascular health

How ‘Australian’ mutation leads to Alzheimer’s disease

Ginkgo biloba may aid in treating Type 2 Diabetes

AI

Understanding the animal brain could help robots wash your dishes

Are Siri and Alexa making us ruder?

Machine learning decodes genetic influence over behavior

Robotics

Understanding the animal brain could help robots wash your dishes

New artificial compound eye could improve 3D object tracking

Brain-controlled prosthetic hand to become reality

Psychology

Suicide and self-harm risk nearly triple in people with restless leg syndrome

‘Microdosers’ of psychedelics report improved mood, focus and creativity

Stress in pregnancy impacts childrens’ vulnerability to stress in adulthood

Wernicke’s area

Adult-Child Conversations Strengthen Language Regions of Developing Brain

Language Characterizes Humans

Remapping the Brain’s Language Area

Research Reveals How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury

Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center