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🗣️Paul Broca

Speech production and the birth of modern localization.

Also called: Broca's area

Paul Broca
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speech localizationFocus
69/100Research
83/100Awareness
45/100Complexity
56/100Clinical
34/100Debate

Paul Broca sits at the centre of speech localization — studied across molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.

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  • Research69
  • Awareness83
  • Complexity45
  • Clinical weight56
  • Plasticity77
  • Live debate34

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Sources & research

  1. Remarks on the seat of the faculty of articulated languageBroca P · 1861 · Bulletin de la Société Anatomique
  2. Broca's area: nomenclature, anatomy, functions and disordersKeller SS; et al. · 2009 · Journal of AnatomyDOIPubMed

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