]> 2013-05-19T19:06:01-07:00 Broca's area uncurated Part of left frontal lobe of human located in the posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus named for the French physician Pierre-Paul Broca (Heimer, L. The Human Brain and Spinal Cord, 2nd ed, 1995, pg 446). According to FMA, it comprises Brodmann's area 44 and part of area 45. Broca's area is generally considered to be involved in speech and language processing and production (e.g., speech articulation, lexical semantics, and syntax/syntactic decoding); but has also been shown to be related to non-verbal frequency discrimination, working memory, complex hand movements, associative sensorimotor learning and sensorimotor integration, imitation, musical processing, and hallucinations in those with Schizophrenia (http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/179813.html). FMAID: 242176 Broca's area 2013-03-21T00:00:00 Regional part of brain Convolution of Broca Brodmann (1909) area 45 Brodmann (1909) area 44 Wernicke's area Regional part of brain Synonym SuperCategory Human Species Wernicke's area Language Speech RelatedTo ModifiedDate Label Left frontal lobe Is part of Id EfferentProjections Definition CurationStatus Extreme capsule AfferentProjections