Image: The classical Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind model of the neurobiology of language fpsyg-04-00416-g001

Description: The classical Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind model of the neurobiology of language. In this model Broca's area is crucial for language production, Wernicke's area subserves language comprehension, and the necessary information exchange between these areas (such as in reading aloud) is done via the arcuate fasciculus, a major fiber bundle connecting the language areas in temporal cortex (Wernicke's area) and frontal cortex (Broca's area). The language areas are bordering one of the major fissures in the brain, the so-called Sylvian fissure. Collectively, this part of the brain is often referred to as perisylvian cortex.
Title: The classical Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind model of the neurobiology of language fpsyg-04-00416-g001
Credit: Hagoort P (2013) MUC (Memory, Unification, Control) and beyond. Front. Psychol. 4:416. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00416 http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00416/full
Author: Peter Hagoort
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