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Brain’s iconic seat of speech goes silent when we actually talk
February 18, 2015 by NewsBot
The brain's speech area, named after 19th century French physician Pierre Paul Broca, shuts down when we talk out loud, according to a new study that challenges the long-held assumption that 'Broca's area' governs all aspects of speech production.
