In a large study of children with injuries to the cerebral cortex that occurred around the time of birth or in the first six months of life, researchers found that __________
A) language functioning was highly lateralized from birth to age 5
B) compared with spatial skills, language skills were more impaired after early brain injury
C) undamaged areas—in either the left or the right hemisphere—took over certain language functions
D) children never fully caught up in vocabulary or grammatical skills
Answer: C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false