Immediately posterior to the Wernicke area is the angular gyrus. What does this gyrus do?

A. Transforms images into visual reality
B. Transforms smells into visual images
C. Processes olfactory information
D. Translates the audible word into a spoken form
E. Processes the words we read into a form we can speak


Answer: E

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