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What brain regions control our language? And how do we know this?

  • Written by David Abbott, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Epilepsy Neuroinformatics Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
imageOur language abilities are enabled by a co-ordinated network of brain regions that have evolved to give humans a sophisticated ability to communicate.[bastian.]/Flickr, CC BY

The brain is key to our existence, but there’s a long way to go before neuroscience can truly capture its staggering capacity. For now, though, our Brain Control series...

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