Following a stroke, Rahul's grandfather lost the ability to understand when people would ask him questions. In addition, when his grandfather spoke, the words make sense, but the sentences do not. The stroke appears to have damaged which area of the brain?
A) basil ganglia
B) FOXP2
C) Wernicke's area
D) Broca's area

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The symptoms described suggest damage to Wernicke's area, which is responsible for language comprehension. Damage to this area can result in difficulty understanding spoken language and producing fluent but meaningless speech, also known as Wernicke's aphasia. The basil ganglia and FOXP2 are not specifically related to language processing, and while Broca's area is involved in speech production, the symptoms described do not match those of Broca's aphasia, which usually involves difficulty producing speech but with preserved language comprehension.

Following a Stroke, Rahul's Grandfather Lost the Ability to Understand