One issue in the study of laterality has been to determine whether children with developmental language disabilities show different patterns of hemispheric asymmetry relative to control populations. MRI studies of dyslexic children have found that
A)the left planum temporale tends to be larger than the right planum temporale in this group.
B)the right planum temporale tends to be larger than the left planum temporale in this group.
C)the left and right planum temporale tend to be symmetrical in this group.
D)their brains are indistinguishable from the brains of control participants with regard to hemispheric asymmetry.

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MRI studies have shown that dyslexic children often have symmetrical planum temporale, unlike the typical leftward asymmetry seen in control populations.

One Issue in the Study of Laterality Has Been to Determine