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A comment on Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul. Parent comment

Re:Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul by metaphorm on Thursday March 23, 2017 @04:29PM (#13943943)
> There is, literally, a part of the brain that if you shut it off, you lose language.

> > You mean the entire left hemisphere?

probably not that, that's overkill. there are smaller, more specific areas in the brain directly associated with language faculties. two prominent examples are Broca's Area and Wernicke's Area which are both involved in speech comprehension (but not in control of the physiological apparatus for forming speech sounds).

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Re:Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul by andrewflnr on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:00PM (#13944217)
Um, Wikipedia says Broca's area is involved in speech production. If you just mean the specific details of working the lips, vocal chords, etc, wouldn't that be the cerebellum's job?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broca%27s_area

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Re:Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul by metaphorm on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:10PM (#13944316)
yes, it is involved in the neurological processing of speech production w.r.t to grammar and syntax. that's a separate function from fine control of muscles used to produce speech sounds.
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