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Learning a Foreign Language

Stuff You Should Know

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The Different Areas of the Brain That Have a Relationship to Language Acquisition

Broca's area handles the creation of language. Wernicke's handle's comprehension. angular gyrus is a bit of a hub that connects things together. And we know that there's these distinct regions that do these distinct things because you can have damage to one region and the others keep going.

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