From what you know about the position of the various brain areas, which of the following seems most probable?
A) Damage to Wernicke's area is more likely to be accompanied by paralysis than is damage to Broca's area.
B) Damage to Wernicke's area is more likely to be accompanied by deafness in the left ear than in the right ear.
C) Damage to Broca's area is more likely to be accompanied by paralysis of the left arm than by paralysis of the right arm.
D) Damage to Broca's area is more likely to be accompanied by paralysis than is damage to Wernicke's area.

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Damage to Broca's area, which is located in the left frontal lobe, is more likely to be accompanied by paralysis than is damage to Wernicke's area, which is located in the left temporal lobe. This is because Broca's area is involved in the production of speech and damage to this area can result in difficulty in speaking or paralysis of the muscles involved in speech production. In contrast, damage to Wernicke's area is more likely to result in difficulty in understanding and producing language. None of the other choices are supported by the known positions of the brain areas.

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