Seven-Year-Olds Have a Better Chance of Recovering from Aphasia (A

question 172

Multiple Choice

Seven-year-olds have a better chance of recovering from aphasia (a disorder that affects language skills) than do 50-year-olds with similar brain damage. What can be said of this data?

• A) It suggests that young brains are less developed than older brains.
• B) It suggests that old brains take more time to recover from injuries than young brains.
• C) It is consistent with the sensitive period hypothesis of language learning.
• D) It refutes the sensitive period hypothesis of language learning.

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