If Wernicke's area is damaged in the dominant hemisphere, it will result in?: (A) Irrelevant and rapid speech, (B) No effect on speech, (C) Speech with difficulty in aiculation, (D) Incomprehension of written language
Answer is A. Wernicke's also called Wernicke's speech area, is one of the two pas of the cerebral coex that are linked to speech(the other is Broca's area). Damage caused to Wernicke's area results in receptive, fluent aphasia.