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Aphasia, an impairment of the capacity to use language, often occurs when a stroke damages the left half of the brain. Many people with stroke-related aphasia recover at least some capacity to use language within a year. One proposed explanation for such recoveries is that the right side of the brain, which is not usually the major language center, develops its latent language capabilities to compensate for the damage to the left side.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the explanation?
In a study of local brain activity in people performing a language task, people with stroke-related aphasia showed higher activity levels in the right half of the brain than people who did not have aphasia.
A blow to the head injuring the left half of the brain can result in impairment of the capacity to use language indistinguishable from that produced by a stroke.
Among people with stroke-related aphasia, recovering lost capacity to use language does not lead to any impairment of those capacities normallycontrolled by the right half of the brain.
A stroke that damages the left half of the brain often causes physical impairments of the right side of the body that lessen over time.
Studies of numerous people with aphasia have indicated that the functions that govern language production and those that govern language comprehension are located in separate areas of the brain.