Question

When you are processing language that you have heard or seen (or felt, if you are reading braille), you use ___________ area in the temporal lobe in addition to the required sensory areas.

Answer 1

Answer:

Wernicke's

Explanation:

A German neurologist named Wernicke discovered a link between the left section of the temporal lobe as someone engages in language.

According to his findings, associated sensorial and motor areas happen to activate as images of spoken words come to mind.

This also means that processing language uses both hemispheres and this Wernicke area will be accountable for comprehension of speech.

Later it was found how this area worked with another key area in the brain:

Broca's area.

Both of these cortical areas specialized and unique in humans for production and comprehension of language.