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berenicecastro

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on: Jun 22, 2018
The area of the brain posited to contain the memories of the sequences of sounds that constitute words is the:
 
  a. Broca's area.
  b. transcortical area.
  c. Wernicke's area.
  d. auditory association area.

Question 2

Wernicke's and the association cortex in the left temporal lobe are responsible for:
 
  a. comprehension of speech.
  b. comprehension of tone.
  c. understanding prosody.
  d. comprehension of metaphors.


medine

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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