What textbooks get wrong about language and the brain

The textbook story about how language is processed in the brain needs a revision! Decades of evidence from the study of aphasia, clinical interventions, and neuroimaging technology has produced a new view of language in the brain—a more nuanced and complex story that goes beyond Broca and Wernicke.

A note: this video contains sensitive topics regarding strokes, aphasia, and brain damage, as well as images of human remains and brain surgery. Please view with discretion!

Interviews with stroke survivors used in this video came from the Tactus Therapy YouTube channel:    / @tactustherapy  

0:00 – Intro
1:02 – Broca’s Aphasia
3:00 – Wernicke’s Aphasia
4:00 – The classical model
5:08 – Problems with the classical model
6:37 – A new view
7:21 – Middle Temporal Gyrus
8:02 – Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus
8:59 – Other functions
10:09 – The new model
10:44 – Wrap-up
11:38 – Outtro


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