Mid-late 19th century

Paul Broca�s Tan (1861)

• speech loss not due to paralysis

• "loss of memory of movements needed to pronounce words"

• 3rd frontal convolution in LEFT Hemisphere

Carl Wernicke (1874)

• cases of lost speech comprehension

• localized to temporal lobe of Left Hemisphere.

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