Published February 1, 2005 | Version v1
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Broca's Region: From Action to Language

Creators

  • 1. Cognitive Functions Section, Department of Rehabilitation for Sensory Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Japan
  • 2. Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
  • 3. Institute of Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
  • 4. Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Description

Nishitani N, Schürmann M, Amunts K, Hari R. Broca’s Region: From Action to Language. Physiology 2005: 20, 60-69 http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00043.2004 (preprint). 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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