Broca's area

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Broca's area is the area in the brain that is responsible for speech production, language processing, and language comprehension. Broca's area was first discovered in 1861 by Pierre Paul Broca, after studying the postmortem brain of one of his patients who had a speech impediment.

Description

Broca's area is located in the left frontal lobe, around the opercular and triangular sections of the inferior frontal gyrus.