Language map of brain to restore language redrawn

Language map of brain to  restore language redrawn
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language map of brain that will help develop better therapies to restore language has been redrawn, says new research. A team of scientists from Northwestern University have redrawn the map. They have updated the traditional brain map of language comprehension based on new research with individuals who have a rare form of dementia that affects language.

Washington: A language map of brain that will help develop better therapies to restore language has been redrawn, says new research. A team of scientists from Northwestern University have redrawn the map. They have updated the traditional brain map of language comprehension based on new research with individuals who have a rare form of dementia that affects language.


The new work shows that word comprehension is actually located in a different brain neighbourhood -- the left anterior temporal lobe. "This provides an important change in our understanding of language comprehension in the brain," said lead study author Marek-Marsel Mesulam, director of Northwestern's cognitive neurology and Alzheimer's disease centre.

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