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On the topic of Broca's area, families with mutations to the FOXP2 gene are known to have trouble with vocalisations.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16437554/

There are a number of structures related to specific functionality - facial recognition is similarly hardwired.

Problems with the fusiform face area lead to prosopagnosia, it'll also be the region of the brain responsible for the hollow face illusion.



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