IT IS A REGION IN THE FRONTAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN WITH FUNCTIONS LINKED TO SPEECH PRODUCTION.
BROCA'S AREA IS NOW TYPICALLY DEFINED IN TERMS OF THE PARS OPERCULARIS AND PARS TRIANGULARIS OF THE INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS, REPRESENTED IN BRODMANN'S CYTOARCHITECTONIC MAP AS BRODMANN AREA 44 AND 45.
PIERRE PAUL BROCA
PAUL BROCA
A FRENCH PHYSICIAN, ANATOMIST AND ANTROPOLOGIST.
HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS RESEARCH ON BROCA'S AREA.
HIS WORK REVEALED THAT THE BRAINS OF PATIENTS WITH APHASIA CONTAINED LESIONS IN A PARTICULAR PART OF THE CORTEX.