Broca’s Region: From Action to Language
Open Access
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Physiology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 60-69
- https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00043.2004
Abstract
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.Keywords
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