the Wernicke's works with the Broca's area, and the arcuate fasciculus so we can produce and understand speech. If the Wernicke's area becomes damaged, that is known as Wernicke's aphasia, this then impairs their abilities to comprehend speech and to think of the proper words to express their own thoughts, speech is typically fluent, but they become empty of content and characterized by circumlocutions, which means a high incidence of vague words. Wernicke's aphasia is a language disorder that is characterized by difficulty comprehending the meaning of spoken language. If someone did not have this area of the brain, i believe that they wouldn't be able to understand words and their meanings. The person would practically be deaf in a since.
the Wernicke's works with the Broca's area, and the arcuate fasciculus so we can produce and understand speech. If the Wernicke's area becomes damaged, that is known as Wernicke's aphasia, this then impairs their abilities to comprehend speech and to think of the proper words to express their own thoughts, speech is typically fluent, but they become empty of content and characterized by circumlocutions, which means a high incidence of vague words. Wernicke's aphasia is a language disorder that is characterized by difficulty comprehending the meaning of spoken language. If someone did not have this area of the brain, i believe that they wouldn't be able to understand words and their meanings. The person would practically be deaf in a since.