Anton's grandfather had a stroke. When the family arrives at the hospital, Grandfather is unable to speak. The family gives him some paper and a pencil, but Grandfather is unable to write, either. A speech therapist explains that Grandfather probably knows what he wants to say, but the part of his brain that allows him to produce speech, _____________________, has been damaged by the stroke. She plans to work with Grandfather to help him learn to speak again.
A)Wernicke's area
B)Broca's area
C)the corpus callosum
D)the limbic system
E)the ventral stream

Question

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Broca's area is responsible for speech production, and damage to this area can result in the inability to speak or write, even though the person knows what they want to say.

Anton's Grandfather Had a Stroke