Broca’s and Wernicke's areas & the phonological loop
And to think I can't even remember 4 items on a grocery list--or remember to take the list
Consider: millions of years ago our antecedents gave a massive sacrifice of their left hemisphere.
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) January 5, 2020
We lost a tremendous amount of short term memory and replaced it with Broca’s, Wernicke & the phonological loop.
But why?
So we can—talk.
Thus chimpanzees can do this—we can’t: pic.twitter.com/CDznxg37p1
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