Thank you! Let's start with our practice now. We got this!
B-broca's area has an important r-role in turning y-your... ideas and thoughts i-into actual spoken w-words.
The c-cerebrum is the part of the brain that is d-divided into... into four l-lobes, namely: frontal, parietal, temporal, and o-occipital lobes.
Aside from coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintaining balance, the cerebellum also controls language processing.
You're doing great, Mallory! Keep it up.
Wernicke's area is mainly involved in the understanding and processing of speech and written language.
The Arcuate Fasciculus is a band of nerves that helps you form words, speak clearly, and understand concepts in language form.
To speak clearly, the motor cortex takes information from Broca's area and tells different muscles how to move to form speech.
After school ended, Elle and I decided to practice for our Neuroanatomy report at my house. I was a bit nervous, but I tried to hide it from Elle.
I'm just a bit worried. What if nobody wants to listen to me?
Even my own parents weren't interested with what I had to say before. They would always ignore me and ask me to be quiet. Will our classmates be any different?
Hey, what's wrong?
Elle and I started practicing each of our own parts. Even though I was stuttering with my lines, she still gave me words of encouragement; which motivated me to do better.
It's okay. Thank you for listening though. I appreciate it a lot.
You're welcome! You're my friend after all. I care about what you have to say. And I'm pretty sure our classmates would be more than willing to listen to you too.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. Everyone deserves to be heard.
After a while, I started delivering my lines better. Thanks to Elle's help, I wasn't stuttering anymore. Now that I'm speaking clearly, I feel more confident for our presentation.
I'm always here for you too if you need someone to listen, okay? Thank you again.
I know. You'll be the first person I'll share my thoughts with. If you're feeling better, let's continue our practice?
I didn't realize that my mood drop became obvious to Elle. She asked me what was wrong, so I told her about what I had experienced before.
After that, she told me words of encouragement. She also offered to help me overcome my fear.
Surprisingly, her words helped. We then carried on with our practice. And this time, I feel more confident with my words. With that, the rest of our practice went by smoothly.