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'''Wernicke's area''' is a part of the brain associated with the comprehension of spoken language. It was first described by the [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]] in 1874.
[[Image:Wernicke_brain.gif|right|200px]]'''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.
Wernicke had a male [[patient]] who had suffered a [[stroke]], Despite being still 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, which is close to the auditory region of the brain, was involved in speech comprehension. Wernicke named the syndrome sensory aphasia, although now it is usually called [[Wernicke's aphasia]]. The affected region of the brain is known as Wernicke's area. The syndrome is sometimes called fluent aphasia since the victim is capable of speech; however words may be misused and the speech may be disordered or even without content. For this reason, scientists now believe that Wernicke's area may be involved in semantic processing, and it is sometimes called the receptive language area.