Brain goes silent when we talk loud
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IANS: The part of the brain
identified as the command centre for human speech does not actually work
when we speak loudly, a study reveals.
The Broca's area -- named after 19th century French physician Pierre Paul
Broca -- has been recognised for more than 150 years as the command centre
for human speech, including vocalisation.
Now, scientists at the University of California Berkeley and Johns Hopkins
University in Maryland are challenging this long-held assumption with new
evidence that Broca's area actually switches off when we talk out loud.
"Broca's area shuts down during the actual delivery of speech, but it may
remain active during conversation as part of planning future words and full
sentences," said study lead author Adeen Flinker.
Neuroscientists have traditionally organised the brain's language centre
into two main regions: one for perceiving speech and one for producing
speech.
"This finding helps us move towards a view that Broca's area is not a centre
for speech production but rather a critical area for integrating and
coordinating information across other brain regions," Flinker said.
The discovery has major implications for the diagnoses and treatments of
stroke, epilepsy and brain injuries that result in language impairments.
"The results could help us advance language mapping during neurosurgery as
well as the assessment of language impairments," Flinker concluded.
The findings were reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences.
