The brains of men and women appear to process language differently. Research shows that men who suffer left-hemisphere strokes are more likely than women to show severe aphasic symptoms, which suggests that
A)the corpus callosum is integral to language use.
B)more of women's language function is shared between the right and the left hemispheres.
C)men have fewer language-processing neurons than do women.
D)women rarely use their left hemispheres.
E)the effect of stroke damage on women is less severe.

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This suggests that women's language functions are more distributed between both hemispheres of the brain, allowing them to compensate better for damage to one side, as opposed to men who may rely more heavily on the left hemisphere for language processing.

The Brains of Men and Women Appear to Process Language