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Following a stroke, a patient can produce speech fluently with a natural rhythm, but the words are nonsensical and the patient cannot understand spoken instructions.
This 'receptive aphasia' involves damage to which region and lobe?
- Wernicke's area in the superior temporal gyrus.
- The arcuate fasciculus connecting the frontal and temporal lobes.
- The primary motor cortex in the precentral gyrus.
- Broca's area in the inferior frontal gyrus.
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