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2. Sensory Speech Area / Wernicke’s Area / General interpretative area / Brodmann’s Area 22
Location – In the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus.
It receives:
o All auditory and visual information completely understood
o Thoughts are formulated
o What to be spoken is decided
o Words are chosen
o Sentences are made
Then impulses from her go to Broca’s area through the Arcuate Fasciculus. This area is
concerned with high intellectual functions.
Impulses from auditory cortex (ear) or visual cortex (eye) go to the Wernicke’s area.