In a Large Study of Children with Injuries to the Cerebral

question 113

Multiple Choice

In a large study of children with injuries to the cerebral cortex that occurred before birth or in the first six months of life,

• A) delays in language development persisted into adolescence if injury occurred in the left hemisphere.
• B) delays in language development persisted into adolescence if injury occurred in the right hemisphere.
• C) undamaged areas in either the left or the right hemisphere took over vocabulary and grammatical skills by age 5.
• D) language skills were more likely to be permanently damaged than spatial skills.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Median

Median is the middle value in a dataset when the values are arranged in ascending or descending order.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of values, frequencies, or probabilities for a set of data where most occurrences take place around the average.

Symmetrical

Having similar shape and size on both sides of a dividing line, leading to a balanced and proportionate appearance.