<p>Brodmann area 22 is also known as Wernicke’s area, which is essential for auditory working memory. Responsible for auditory perception and processing, this is responsible for high-level auditory processing. It is possible that damage to this area would show a lack of discrimination for auditory detail, as well as difficulty in sentence generation. The left hemisphere helps with generation and understanding of individual words. On the right side of the brain it helps to discriminate pitch and sound intensity, both of which are necessary to perceive melody and prosody. This part of the brain is active in processing language and is part of Wernicke's area. The other main region included in Wernicke's area is Brodmann area 40, the supramarginal gyrus.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/ba-22.png" alt="" width="265" height="387" role="presentation" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_text-bottom"><br></p><p><br></p>