A person with brain damage in Wernicke's area is unable to recognize the faces of other people and may even mistake objects such as parking meters for human beings.

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Wernicke's area is involved in language comprehension, not facial recognition or the identification of objects as people. The condition described is more closely related to prosopagnosia or object agnosia, which involve different brain areas.

A Person with Brain Damage in Wernicke's Area Is Unable