Paul Broca
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Paul Broca
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Pierre Paul Broca was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language. His work revealed that the brains of patients with aphasia contained lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region. This was the first anatomical proof of localization of brain function. Broca's work contributed to the development of physical anthropology, a
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French physician, anatomist and anthropologist (1824–1880)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Broca
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2002-11-08T01:29:23Z
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2024-09-06T17:30:29Z
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