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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BROCA'S AREA

Named after Paul Broca.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BROCA'S AREA

Broca's area  [ˈbrɒkəz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROCA'S AREA

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Broca's area is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BROCA'S AREA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Broca's area

Broca's area or the Broca area /broʊˈkɑː/ or /ˈbroʊkə/ is a region in the frontal lobe of one hemisphere of the hominid brain with functions linked to speech production. The production of language has been linked to the Broca's area since Pierre Paul Broca reported impairments in two patients. They had lost the ability to speak after injury to the posterior inferior frontal gyrus of the brain. Since then, the approximate region he identified has become known as Broca's area, and the deficit in language production as Broca's aphasia, also called Expressive aphasia. Broca's area is now typically defined in terms of the pars opercularis and pars triangularis of the inferior frontal gyrus, represented in Brodmann's cytoarchitectonic map as areas 44 and 45 of the dominant hemisphere. Studies of chronic aphasia have implicated an essential role of Broca's area in various speech and language functions. Further, functional MRI studies have also identified activation patterns in Broca's area associated with various language tasks.

Definition of Broca's area in the English dictionary

The definition of Broca's area in the dictionary is the region of the cerebral cortex of the brain concerned with speech; the speech centre.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROCA'S AREA


acres
ˈeɪkəz
Americas
əˈmɛrɪkəz
anchors
ˈæŋkəz
baker´s
ˈbeɪkəz
blinkers
ˈblɪŋkəz
bonkers
ˈbɒŋkəz
checkers
ˈtʃɛkəz
crackers
ˈkrækəz
flickers
ˈflɪkəz
Junkers
ˈjʊŋkəz
knickerbockers
ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz
knickers
ˈnɪkəz
knockers
ˈnɒkəz
mockers
ˈmɒkəz
nutcrackers
ˈnʌtkrækəz
oddsmakers
ˈɒdzˌmeɪkəz
Shakers
ˈʃeɪkəz
sneakers
ˈsniːkəz
whiskers
ˈwɪskəz
Yonkers
ˈjɒŋkəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROCA'S AREA

Broadway
Brobdingnagian
Broca
Broca´s centre
brocade
brocard
brocatel
brocatelle
broccoli
Broccolini
broch
brochan
brochette
brocho
brochure
brock
brocked
Brocken

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROCA'S AREA

area
catchment area
conservation area
dining area
floor area
grey area
mining area
no-go area
reception area
recreation area
restricted area
safe area
service area
six-yard area
smoking area
surface area
target area
technical area
urban area
white area
work area

Synonyms and antonyms of Broca's area in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Broca's area» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

布罗卡区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

El área de Broca
570 millions of speakers

English

Broca´s area
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रोका क्षेत्र
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

منطقة بروكا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Зона Брока
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

A área de Broca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রোকা এর এলাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

L´aire de Broca
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kawasan Broca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Broca-Areal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブローカ野
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

브로카 영역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Broca wilayah
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Vùng Broca
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ப்ராக்காவின் பகுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रोकाचे क्षेत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Broca´nın alanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Area di Broca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Obszar Broca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Зона Брока
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Zona Broca
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Περιοχή του Broca
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Broca se area
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Broca : s område
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Brocas område
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROCA'S AREA»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROCA'S AREA»

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Comparative Analysis of Broca's Area in Hominoids
The purpose of this dissertation was to assess, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the cytoarchitectonic structure of Brodmann's areas 44 and 45 in human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon specimens.
Natalie Marie Schenker, 2007
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Neuroscience:
Speech in Wernicke's aphasia suggests that Broca's area and the system that governs speech production are running without control over content. The speech zooms along, swerving in every direction like a car with a sleepy driver at the ...
Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso, 2007
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Acquired Speech and Language Disorders
For a longtime, we were taught to associate the occurrence of Broca's aphasia to damage in Broca's area. Clinicopathological studies, using computerized tomography, however, have shown us that the localization of Broca's aphasia is less ...
Bruce E. Murdoch, 2013
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Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders
as Broca's area, remained relatively stagnant until modern advances in brain imaging techniques permitted in vivo studies of cerebral changes following brain injury. Following is a brief summary of lesion localization information relating to ...
Leonard L. LaPointe, 2005
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Psychology
After Tan's death, Broca examined his brain and found the massive damage, shown here, to the region of the left hemisphere now called "Broca's area." Effects of Damage to Broca's Area Broca (1861/1965) observed that people who had ...
Peter O. Gray, 2006
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Handbook of Psychology, Biological Psychology
Neuroanatomy of Grammatical Encoding Classical agrammatism is part of the clinical picture of Broca's aphasia; consequently, the search for the anatomical substrate of grammatical encoding has focused on Broca's area. Modern lesion ...
Irving B. Weiner, Donald K. Freedheim, 2003
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Broca's Region
This book is the result of that collective reflection, which took place primarily at the Broca's Region Workshop, held in Julich and Aachen, Germany, in June 2004.
Yosef Grodzinsky Professor and Canadian Research Chair in Neurolinguistics McGill University, Katrin Amunts Professor of Structural-Functional Brain Mapping Aachen University, 2006
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Uniquely Human: The Evolution of Speech, Thought, and ...
Broca's area and the circuits that connect it to other parts of the brain appear to be one of the unique characteristics of the human brain. The traditional view of Broca's aphasia4 is that damage localized to Broca's area will result in these deficits ...
Philip Lieberman, 1993
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Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education
However, the evidence strongly indicates left hemisphere control for the production of linguistic movements in sign language. Broca's area has long been thought to play an important role in speech production. Broca's area is just anterior to the ...
Marc Marschark, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, 2005
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The Lives of the Brain: Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind
This cap is a protrusion on the lateral surface of the endocast in a position corresponding approximately to Broca's area. Doug Broad- field and his colleagues (2001) have analyzed the endocast from the H. erectus specimen Sambungmacan ...
John S. Allen, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROCA'S AREA»

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Press Release - Autistic children improved reading, brain activity …
The functional connectivity of the Broca's area with the rest of the brain and the change in connectivity from pre-to-post intervention during ... «Autism Daily Newscast, Jul 15»
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Big Indie Rock Shows Announced For Fall
The Best of the CT Music Awards ($14-$24), featuring winners Canyon, the Sarah LeMieux Quintet and Broca's Area, takes place at Infinity Hall ... «CTNow, Jul 15»
3
Want More Sales? Tell Better Stories
Scientists call these Broca's area and Wernicke's area. Overall, it hits our language processing parts in the brain, where we decode words into ... «Pulse, Jun 15»
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Autistic Children Improved Reading and Brain Activity After 10-Week …
Two of the most famous of these distinct areas are Broca's area, in the left frontal lobe, and Wernicke's area, located where the left temporal ... «Newswise, Jun 15»
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8 Body Language Tips For Job Seekers
Broca's area in the brain, which helps produce speech, is active when we're talking and when we make gestures with our hands. This is great ... «Fast Company, Jun 15»
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The real 'signal' the PM needs to send isn't to Pakistan, but his big …
That constant talking can switch the brain off is a scientific fact. The Broca's area, the command centre for human speech, does switch off when ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Looking for Creativity in Brains Will Take More Creativity
For a long while, neuroscience has been dominated by theories of domain specificity—linking a specific part of the brain, like Broca's area in ... «Wired, May 15»
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New Light Shed on Language Processing
Broca's area in the left inferior frontal gyrus has long been established as the seat of language expression. Now, researchers from the ... «Medscape, May 15»
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Stark Trek transporter brought to life to solve brain disease mysteries …
People suffering strokes in an area of the frontal lobe called Broca's area, for instance, have trouble expressing themselves, despite knowing ... «Genetic Literacy Project, May 15»
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Orphan Black Science Recap: "The Weight of This Combination"
The pencil most likely did not hit far enough back to injure Broca's area, because Rachel exhibits the signs of apraxia of speech, but not of ... «The Mary Sue, Apr 15»

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