Talking Sense

Stephanie J Forkel, Ahmad Beyh, Alfonso de Lara Rubio, King’s College London.

When you talk with a friend, understanding and responding to what they say requires communication between two distant areas of your brain. These areas — one responsible for understanding language and another for producing speech — communicate with each other via a bundle of axons called the arcuate fasciculus, pictured above.

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Michael W. Richardson

Michael W. Richardson is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York, covering topics ranging from the brain and behavior to the environment.