Josiah is trying to speak to his wife, but his speech is very slow and labored, often with jumbled sentence structure.
Josiah may have damage to which area of the brain?
A) Broca's area
B) Parahippocampal place area (PPA)
C) Extrastriate body area (EBA)
D) Wernicke's area

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Broca's area is responsible for the production of speech and damage to this area can result in slow and labored speech with jumbled sentence structure, which is consistent with Josiah's symptoms. The other areas listed do not play a significant role in speech production.

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