Posted on 12/24/2008 11:41:43 AM PST by CE2949BB
New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech.
The study, published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help researchers better understand the speech problems that stroke patients experience.
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Dang, I had something I was gonna say about this. What was it?
Which parts?
The researchers found that while two parts of the brain, the LIFG and the left temporal cortex, respond to increased conflict among words competing for selection during speech, only the LIFG is necessary to resolve the competition for successful word production. The LIFG includes Broca's area, named after the 19th-century French scientist Paul Pierre Broca. It is responsible for aspects of speech production, language processing and language comprehension.
I was going to suggest Broca’s region, but thought the researchers might have come up with something new.
My daughter has terrible problems with word finding because of a brain injury. It makes talking and writing very difficult for her. She’s gotten better with lots of speech therapy, but it’s still hard for her.
Could a TV station lose its license if it telecast an image of Blagojevich's bleeping brain?
I’m speechless.
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