Which of the following statements best describes the correlation between handedness and hemisphere dominance for language function in humans?
A) The correlation is strong, such that for language almost all right-handers have left-hemisphere dominance and almost all left-handers have right-hemisphere dominance.
B) The correlation is strong only for left-handers, whereas right-handers do not generally have a particular language-dominant hemisphere.
C) The correlation is strong only for left-handers, who almost all have right-hemisphere dominance for language, whereas right-handers do not generally have a particular language-dominant hemisphere.
D) The correlation is weak, such that almost all right-handers and at least half of left-handers exhibit left-hemisphere language dominance, regardless of handedness.
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