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1
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Where is language restricted too in most people?

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left hemisphere

2
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What did Paul Broca identify?

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small area in frontal lobe responsible for speech production

3
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What can damage cause?

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Broca’s aphasia characterised by slow speech which is lacking fluency

4
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What did Karl Wernicke describe?

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patients who had no problem producing language but sever difficulties in understanding the meaning of it