In a large study of children with injuries to the cerebral cortex that occurred around the time of birth or in the first six months of life,researchers found that __________.
A) language functioning was highly lateralized from birth to age 5
B) compared with spatial skills, language skills were more impaired after early brain injury
C) undamaged areas-in either the left or the right hemisphere-took over certain language functions
D) children never fully caught up in vocabulary or grammatical skills

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The researchers found that undamaged areas of both the left and right hemispheres could take over certain language functions in children with early brain injuries. This suggests that language functioning is not solely located in one specific area of the brain and that the brain has some degree of neuroplasticity in terms of language processing. The other answer choices are not supported by the information given in the question stem.

In a Large Study of Children with Injuries to the Cerebral