Wernicke's area is more involved with the sensory aspects of speech than the motor production of speech.A person with damage to Wernicke's area would still be able to
A) understand a poem.
B) imitate the patterns of normal speech.
C) understand a conversation.
D) read aloud to herself.
E) speak sensibly.

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Wernicke's area is crucial for language comprehension. Damage to this area impairs the ability to understand language, but does not necessarily affect the physical ability to produce speech sounds. Thus, a person could imitate speech patterns without understanding them.

Wernicke's Area Is More Involved with the Sensory Aspects of Speech