What is the Wernicke area?
The term "Wernicke region" concerns a part of the brain that is responsible for understanding language. Named after the scientist who determined it, this area is located on the left brain hemisphere. The damage of the Wernicke area is closely associated with the confused but smooth speech patterns known as Wernicke Afase. The position of an area traditionally considered to be a time lobe of the left brain hemisphere or in the back of the left half of the brain means it is closely located in the brain auditory center. Interestingly, while this description of the location of the Wernicke area is correct for the vast majority of the human population, approximately 10% of people do not use the left hemisphere of the brain for tongue, but instead uses the right side. Carl Wernicke was able to determine this by studying the nature and location of the brain injury, which disrupted the normal understanding of the tongue. He could find out that this particular area of the brain seemed to be responsible for decryption of others' speech and for the production of coherent language.
The Wernicke function is best illustrated by considering examples where it does not work properly. Patients who have suffered damage to the Wernicke region suffer from a condition generally known as Wernicke's aphasia, also calls receptive aphasia. People suffering from this situation usually show little evidence that they will be able to understand the language of people around them. In addition, they often have difficulty determining the correct names of specific objects, instead of the words that sounded phrase or replacement of the object name by the name of the related object.
Perhaps the most indicative symptom of the Wernicke aphasia and the symptom that shows the function of the Wernicke region most accurately is the way patients try to communicate. People with the injuries of the Wernicke region speak sentences that are grammatically correct but verbally nonsensical. For example, the patient will most likely talk to with normalBut the flow and fluency of the right language, but will use words that are either in place, irrelevant or perhaps created. This deterioration of speech confirms that the Wernicke area is responsible for the normal ability to understand the language.