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Contained in the left hemisphere of the frontal lobe of the brain and specialized in producing speech. People with damage to Broca's area can't speak fluently.

Broca's Area

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

OpenStax Psychology (2nd ed.) Textbook

Broca's aphasia is a condition resulting from damage to Broca's area, characterized by significant difficulty in producing language in any form. Individuals with this condition may lose the ability to speak or write, even though their cognitive understanding and the physical mechanisms for speech (mouth and vocal cords) remain intact.

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