Arcuate fasciculus

As fasciculus arcuatus is referred to nerve fibers connecting Wernicke's area ( WA) and Broca's area (BZ ) in the human brain.

Initially it was assumed that information flows only from Wernicke's area in the direction of Broca's area. Here we find the Wernicke - Geschwind model of human speech processing. The current state of knowledge, however, is that a double-sided connection.

If the fasciculus arcuatus damaged, will result in characteristic speech disorders. These are known as conduction aphasia.

  • Telencephalon
Broca's area Wernicke–Geschwind model
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