Patients with Damage to Wernicke's Area Have Difficulty

Question

Patients with damage to Wernicke's area have difficulty
A) coordinating limb movement.
B) generating speech.
C) recognizing faces.
D) understanding language.
E) experiencing emotion.

Accepted Answer

Patients with damage to Wernicke's area have difficulty understanding language. This area of the brain is responsible for the comprehension of language, so damage here can result in receptive aphasia, or difficulty understanding speech and written language.