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unusual facts about Broca's area


Sign language in the brain

The damaged area was named Broca's area, and located in the left hemisphere’s inferior frontal gyrus (Brodmann areas 44, 45).


Mel Johnson, Jr.

Johnson is also well known to Star Trek fans for playing Broca, the Cardassian who becomes leader of the Cardassian Union in Star Trek: Deep Space Nines final two episodes, "The Dogs of War" and "What You Leave Behind".

Paul Broca

Pierre Paul Broca was born on June 28, 1824, in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Bordeaux, France, the son of Benjamin Broca, a medical practitioner and former surgeon in Napoleon’s service.

Sign language in the brain

It was hypothesized that the deaf-equivalent of Broca's aphasia arose from damage somewhere near the cortex controlling the movement of the hands, and the deaf-equivalent of Wernicke's aphasia arose from damage near the visual cortex.


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