Paul Pierre Broca was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language. His work revealed that the brains of patients with aphasia contained lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region. This was the first anatomical proof of localization of brain function.
- Occupation
- physician, anatomist, anthropologist, neurologist
- Position held
- irremovable senator, senator of the French Third Republic
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- June 28, 1824
