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[[Image:Wernicke_brain.gif|right|200px|Wernicke's drawing of the brain]]'''Wernicke's area''' is a part of the [[brain]] associated with the comprehension of [[speech|spoken]] [[language]].  It was first described by the [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]] in 1874<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0006/ai_2699000652</ref>.

[[Image:Wernicke_brain.gif|right|200px|Wernicke's drawing of the brain]]'''Wernicke's area''' is a part of the [[brain]] associated with the comprehension of [[speech|spoken]] [[language]].  It was first described by the [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]] in 1874.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0006/ai_2699000652</ref>

Wernicke had a [[man|male]] [[patient]] who had suffered a [[stroke]], despite still being able to speak and [[hearing|hear]], the man could barely understand what was said to him nor could he understand [[writing|written]] words. Following the death of the patient, Wernicke conducted an autopsy and found a lesion in the rear parietal/temporal region of the patient's [[left]] brain hemisphere. Wernicke concluded that this region was involved in speech comprehension as it was close to the auditory region of the brain. Wernicke named the syndrome [[sensory aphasia]]<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref> but it is now usually known as [[Wernicke's aphasia]]<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref> and the affected region of the brain is known as Wernicke's area. Scientists now believe that Wernicke's area may be involved in [[semantics|semantic]] processing, and it is sometimes called the ''receptive language area''.

Wernicke had a [[man|male]] [[patient]] who had suffered a [[stroke]], despite still being able to speak and [[hearing|hear]], the man could barely understand what was said to him nor could he understand [[writing|written]] words. Following the death of the patient, Wernicke conducted an autopsy and found a lesion in the rear parietal/temporal region of the patient's [[left]] brain hemisphere. Wernicke concluded that this region was involved in speech comprehension as it was close to the auditory region of the brain. Wernicke named the syndrome [[sensory aphasia]]<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref> but it is now usually known as [[Wernicke's aphasia]]<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref> and the affected region of the brain is known as Wernicke's area. Scientists now believe that Wernicke's area may be involved in [[semantics|semantic]] processing, and it is sometimes called the ''receptive language area''.