AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of a lesion in Broca area, there is a breakdown between one’s thoughts and one’s language abilities. Thus, patients often feel that they know what they wish to say but are unable to produce the words. That is, they are unable to translate their mental images and representations to words.

Detailed explanation-2: -Broca’s area is a key component of a complex speech network, interacting with the flow of sensory information from the temporal cortex, devising a plan for speaking and passing that plan along to the motor cortex, which controls the movements of the mouth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Broca’s area, located in the left hemisphere, is associated with speech production and articulation. Our ability to articulate ideas, as well as use words accurately in spoken and written language, has been attributed to this crucial area.

Detailed explanation-4: -People with Broca aphasia, sometimes called an expressive aphasia, for example, may eliminate the words “and” and “the” from their language, and speak in short, but meaningful, sentences. They usually can understand some speech of others.