Highlighted Brain Region Juxtaposition (IMAGE)

University of Rochester

Highlighted Brain Region Juxtaposition

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The human brain uses different regions to interpret different types of language -- it doesn't have one centralized "language region." This diagram shows the different brain regions that are active when the brain is trying to interpret sentences in which the meaning is conveyed by word order, and sentences in which the meaning is conveyed by inflections (like suffixes) on certain words.

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Courtesy of Aaron Newman

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