Parts of the Brain If I could give up any part of my brain it certainly wouldn't be Wernicke's area, because if I lost the ability to interpret and understand language I would go crazy. I am majoring in Spanish and if I couldn't understand or communicate the spoken word, everything I've worked for would be lost. My love for the language would be lost. I also wouldn't want to lose the primary auditory cortex, because when words are spoken they are first registered in the primary auditory cortex and then pass into Wernicke's area. If the information entering the auditory cortex was lost, I would not be able to interpret it because it would not reach Wernicke's area. Losing Broca's area would also affect my love of language because I wouldn't be able to speak. I think it would be especially difficult to know what it's like to speak and then have that ability suddenly taken away. Another part of my brain that, if lost, would affect my ability to use language is the motor cortex. The motor cortex controls my ability to perform finely coordinated movements. Without my motor cortex, I couldn't say R's or move my tongue. How would I communicate? I couldn't use sign language because that would require moving my fingers, which would also require the use of the motor cortex. Another part of the brain that I would never want to part with is the hippocampus. The hippocampus plays a role in memory and I would lose the ability to learn new vocabulary or learn to avoid new aversive stimuli. I also wouldn't want to lose any part of my cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex allows me to think, remember and produce language. Without that part of my brain I would not be able to grow as an individual because my learning abilities would be inhibited. I wouldn't be able to communicate my feelings or what I want because my speech would suffer and I wouldn't be able to remember anything. All the words I already know would disappear forever. If I lost my hypothalamus, I would never know when to eat, sleep or control myself and I would never enjoy anything because it is the hypothalamus that stimulates my feeling of pleasure, I would not enjoy learning new languages ​​and I would not enjoy old memories.