Broca's and Wernicke's Areas
Damage to Broca's Area |
Damage to Wernicke's Area |
| Prevents a person from producing speech | Loss of the ability to understand language |
| Person can understand language | Person can speak clearly, but the words that are put together make no sense. This way of speaking has been called "word salad" because it appears that the words are all mixed up like the vegetables in a salad. |
| Words are not properly formed | |
| Speech is slow and slurred. |