Who Is More Apt to Recover from Brain Damage

question 56

Multiple Choice

 Who is more apt to recover from brain damage?

• A) a 47-year-old woman who had an aneurysm in her brainstem
• B) a 3-year-old child whose seizures were treated with a hemispherectomy
• C) a 75-year-old man who had a severe stroke resulting in Wernicke's aphasia
• D) a 15-year-old boy whose seizures were treated with a hemispherectomy

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