2. Wernicke’s Area Is Important for Language Comprehension. The major area for
language comprehension, called Wernicke’s area, lies behind the primary auditory cortex in the posterior part of the superior gyrus of the temporal lobe. We discuss this area much more fully later; it
is the most important region of the entire brain for higher intellectual function because almost all such
intellectual functions are language based.
3. Angular Gyrus Area Is Needed for Initial Processing of Visual Language (Reading). Posterior to the language comprehension area, lying mainly in the anterolateral region of
the occipital lobe, is a visual association area that feeds visual information conveyed by words read
from a book into Wernicke‘s area, the language comprehension area. This so-called angular gyrus area is needed to make meaning out of the visually perceived words. In its absence, a person can still
have excellent language comprehension through hearing but not through reading.
