Wernicke's area
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Also called wernicke's speech area, is one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex that are linked to speech, the other being broca's area. It is involved in the comprehension of written and spoken language, in contrast to broca's area, which is involved in the production of language. It is traditionally thought to reside in brodmann area 22, which is located in the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, which is the left hemisphere in about 95% of right-handed individuals and 60% of left-handed individuals.
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