Auditory and Speech Areas of the Brain

Dear Pedagogy friends,

As per my announcement in class today, here below are the descriptions of the auditory and speech areas of the brain which Scott McCoy mentions. Feel free to use this as a reference when completing your current assignment due Friday night.

Auditory Area - The auditory cortex is the part of the temporal lobe that processes auditory information. It is a part of the auditory system, performing basic and higher functions in hearing, such as possible relations to translation and language switching. It is critical to the discrimination and localization of sounds. 

Sensory Speech Area - a.k.a. the Wernicke area, is a region of the brain that contains motor neurons involved in the comprehension of speech. This area is located in the posterior third of the upper temporal convolution of the left hemisphere of the brain, and is the language comprehension centre.

Motor Speech Area - Located in the frontal lobe, the motor cortex tells the muscles of your face, mouth, tongue, lips, and throat how to move to form speech.

Motor Cortex - The primary motor cortex, located just in front of the central sulcus, is the area that provides the most important signal for the production of skilled movement. Electrical stimulation of this area results in focal movements of muscle groups on the opposite side of the body, depending on the area stimulated. 

'Cheers,

Thomas G.