Paul Broca (jan 1, 1824 – jan 1, 1880)
Description:
French Neurologist-Mostly focused on studying the left frontal lobe and its connection to language
-Patient in 1861, Leborgne, known as "Tan" because that was the only syllable he spoke
-----6 days after studying him, he died, so he autopsied his brain and discovered what he coined as "expressive/motor aphasia" in the left frontal lobe
-Searched for patients who had lost the ability to speak, coherently or altogether, and meet with them (and/or perform an autopsy) to find the root
-----Every patient whom he autopsied had damage to the same area in the left frontal lobe
-----Concluded that this area must be crucial to speech and it is now known as "Broca's Area"
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Date:
jan 1, 1824
jan 1, 1880
~ 56 years