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Detailed explanation-1: -1848-1905. Carl Wernicke was a German psychiatrist and neurologist. He is best known to speech-language pathologists for his study of aphasia and for his discovery of the area in the cerebrum responsible for receptive language/speech phenomena in the superior gyrus of the temporal lobe (Wernicke aphasia).

Detailed explanation-2: -When one of the patients died, Wernicke was able to examine her brain. He found evidence of a cerebral infarct (a stroke) involving the middle third of the posterior superior temporal gyrus of the left hemisphere, extending into the middle temporal gyrus below (Fig.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carl Wernicke, (born May 15, 1848, Tarnowitz, Pol., Prussia-died June 15, 1905, Thüringer Wald, Ger.), German neurologist who related nerve diseases to specific areas of the brain. He is best known for his descriptions of the aphasias, disorders interfering with the ability to communicate in speech or writing.