In a highly plastic cerebral cortex, ________.

A. the areas of the brain are strongly committed to specific functions, and there is a high capacity for learning.
B. if a part of the cortex is damaged, other parts can take over the tasks the damaged area would have handled.
C. spatial skills develop more rapidly than language skills and are easier to recover after injury.
D. the right and left hemispheres of the brain have become strongly lateralized.


Answer: B

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