<P> From Wernicke's area, the signal is taken to Broca's area through the arcuate fasciculus . Speech production activations begin prior to verbal response in the peri-Rolandic cortices (pre - and postcentral gyri). The role of ventral peri-Rolandic cortices in speech motor functions has long been appreciated (Broca's area). The superior portion of the ventral premotor cortex also exhibited auditory responses preferential to speech stimuli and are part of the dorsal stream . </P> <P> Involvement of Wernicke's area in speech production has been suggested and recent studies document the participation of traditional Wernicke's area (mid-to posterior superior temporal gyrus) only in post-response auditory feedback, while demonstrating a clear pre-response activation from the nearby temporal - parietal junction (TPJ). </P> <P> It is believed that the common route to speech production is through verbal and phonological working memory using the same dorsal stream areas (temporal - parietal junction, sPMv) implicated in speech perception and phonological working memory . The observed pre-response activations at these dorsal stream sites are suggested to subserve phonological encoding and its translation to the articulatory score for speech . Post-response Wernicke's activations, on the other hand, are involved strictly in auditory self - monitoring . </P> <P> Several authors support a model in which the route to speech production runs essentially in reverse of speech perception, as in going from conceptual level to word form to phonological representation . </P>

The ____ is the area of the brain that seems to be responsible for language comprehension