Imagine a person suffered an injury causing loss of feeling and movement in their left hand. What would you predict the result of this injury would be on the patient's cortical structures?
A. Reorganization of the right somatosensory cortex, causing other body parts to take over the area representing the hand
B. Reorganization of the right somatosensory cortex, with the area representing the hand expanding to develop new neurons
C. Reorganization of the left somatosensory cortex, causing other body parts to take over the area representing the hand
D. Neurons in the right somatosensory cortex in areas representing the hand would die
Answer: A
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