Teens With Stroke at Birth Use Opposite Side of Brain for Language
By Traci Pedersen
In a new study, researchers observed young people who had left-brain stroke damage at birth and found they are now using the right side of the brain for language — in the exact, mirror-opposite region to the normal language areas on the left side.
At least one in 4,000 newborn babies experience a perinatal stroke, one that occurs right around the time of birth. But a stroke in a baby, even a big one, does not have the same long-term effects as an adult stroke. The findings help demonstrate just how “plastic†brain function is in infants.
https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/02/19/teens-who-suffered-stroke-at-birth-now-use-opposite-side-of-brain-for-language/132750.html
