Left hemisphere damage to Wernicke's area is most likely to contribute to
A) aphasia.
B) statistical learning.
C) linguistic determinism.
D) telegraphic speech.

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Wernicke's area is responsible for language comprehension, so damage to this area can result in receptive aphasia, which means the person is unable to understand language even though they can produce it fluently. Choices B, C, and D are not closely related to Wernicke's area or left hemisphere damage.

Left Hemisphere Damage to Wernicke's Area Is Most Likely to Contribute