The Strongest Evidence for the Linguistic Theory of Cerebral Asymmetry

question 127

Multiple Choice

The strongest evidence for the linguistic theory of cerebral asymmetry comes from the study of

• A) deaf people who use American Sign Language and subsequently suffer unilateral brain damage.
• B) split-brain deaf people.
• C) deaf monkeys with unilateral brain damage.
• D) split-brain people with right-hemisphere damage.
• E) deaf people with bilateral brain damage.

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