In One Study,patients with Language Difficulties Due to Damage to the Left

question 265

Multiple Choice

In one study,patients with language difficulties due to damage to the left sides of their brains were given language comprehension training.The training helped improve the patients' language comprehension with brain images revealing

• A) increased activity throughout both sides of the brain, including areas directly adjacent to the damaged areas.
• B) no change in brain activity due to the language comprehension training.
• C) neurogenesis of brain cells in the damaged areas of the left sides of their brains.
• D) more activity in the undamaged right sides of their brains to compensate for their damaged left sides.

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Definitions:

Visual Perception

The ability to interpret and make sense of visual information from the environment through the process of sight.

Auditory Signals

Sounds that are transmitted through the air or another medium and received and processed by the auditory system.

Hair Cells

Cells located in the inner ear that function as mechanoreceptors for hearing.

Semicircular Canals

Three looped structures within the inner ear that are key to maintaining balance by detecting rotational movements of the head.