A German neurologist named _____ identified an area on the left temporal lobe that, when damaged, disrupted the ability to understand written or spoken language.
A) Pierre Paul Broca
B) Karl Wernicke
C) Roger Sperry
D) Franz Gall

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The neurologist who identified an area on the left temporal lobe that disrupted the ability to understand written or spoken language when damaged was Karl Wernicke. Pierre Paul Broca identified an area on the left frontal lobe that is involved in speech production. Roger Sperry conducted research on split-brain patients, and Franz Gall proposed the pseudoscientific theory of phrenology.

A German Neurologist Named _____ Identified an Area on the Left