Guide To Brain Anatomy 🧠

The brain receives information from sensory receptors and sends messages to muscles and glands. It is the center of all conscious awareness and is divided into different lobes with different functions.

Neuroimaging is important within psychology to allow in-depth study of what certain areas of the brain are responsible for, as well as being able to identify brain differences in those who may have brain disorders or mental health conditions.

Hemispheric lateralization is the idea that each hemisphere is responsible for different functions. Each of these functions is localized to either the right or left side.

Broca’s area, crucial for language production and speech control, is located in the left hemisphere’s frontal lobe. These regions play a central role in speech generation, language processing, and syntactical aspects of communication.

Wernicke’s area is a structure of the brain that is believed to be involved in language comprehension, specifically the comprehension of speech sounds. It is also considered to be the receptive language center of the brain.