Broca's area
nounEtymology For Paul Broca, French anatomist.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences An area of the frontal lobe of the brain associated with the control of speech.
- Broca discovered the brainʼs speech centre in the frontal lobe — the first time that anyone had connected an area of the brain to a specific action. The speech centre is still called Brocaʼs area.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 89:
- Related terms
- Broca's aphasia, Broca's region