Question

Johann is 83 years old and has recently experienced a stroke, which left the right side of hs body paralyuzed. In addition, he is having trouble understanding direct questions or requests. Johann has no trouble speaking. Which of the following brain areas is likely to have been damaged by.

Answer 1

Answer: Wernicke's area

Explanation: Wernicke area is the area in charge of understanding auditive language. A damage in Wernicke's area causes Wernicke's aphasia, which produces troubles in understanding auditive language, a fluent language with parafasias (nonsense verbal responses) but a normal articulation and prosody.