Editing Paul Broca (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Broca Triboulet February 1880 Blass.png|alt=From Le Triboulet, February 1880. Caricature of Broca after he was named lifetime Senator.|thumb|upright|"Senator Broca will henceforth give examples of behavior in line with his theories." Le Triboulet, February 1880.]]
The discovery of Broca's area revolutionized the understanding of language processing, speech production, and comprehension, as well as what effects damage to this area may cause. Broca played a major role in the localization of function debate, by resolving the issue scientifically with Leborgne and his 12 cases thereafter. His research led others to discover the location of a wide variety of other functions, specifically [[Wernicke's area]].{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

New research has found that dysfunction in the area may lead to other speech disorders such as [[stuttering]] and [[apraxia|apraxia of speech]]. Recent anatomical [[neuroimaging]] studies have shown that the [[pars opercularis]] of Broca's area is anatomically smaller in individuals who stutter whereas the [[pars triangularis]] appears to be normal.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Beal|first1=Deryk S.|last2=Lerch|first2=Jason P.|last3=Cameron|first3=Brodie|last4=Henderson|first4=Rhaeling|last5=Gracco|first5=Vincent L.|last6=De Nil|first6=Luc F.|title=The trajectory of gray matter development in Broca's area is abnormal in people who stutter|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|date=3 March 2015|volume=9|pages=89|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2015.00089|issn=1662-5161|pmc=4347452|pmid=25784869|doi-access=free}}</ref>

He also invented more than 20 measuring instruments for the use in craniology, and helped standardize measuring procedures.<ref name="memoir"/>

His name is one of the [[List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower|72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower]].