How do studies of brain damage provide evidence of specialization in the brain during middle childhood?

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Specialization refers to the process by which neural structures become dedicated to performing particular tasks.
2. Young children are better able to recover from brain injury (for example, to language or spatial processing areas) than older children and adults, reinforcing the concept that the brain loses plasticity as specialization occurs.

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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