Why are women more resistant to the effects of brain injuries and developmental disorders related to speech?
Women are found to be more resistant to effects of brain injuries and developmental disorders related to speech because their right cerebral hemisphere is structured more efficiently (especially with regard to social and emotional language functions). 57 51.Which part of the brain is associated with language output? Broca’s area of the left frontal lobe is associated with language output. 58 52. Do deaf children have normal language and cognitive development? It is seen that deaf children communicating with their deaf parents through sign language are exposed to visuo-spatial language experience. Although these children are deprived of auditory experiences, they undergo a normal development of language and spatial cognitive functions. 58 53. What is like-me mechanism? Like-me mechanism is a hypothesis that states that infants possess an inherent like-me mechanism which figures out equivalences between movements-as-felt and movements performed by others. This reinforces the theory of im