Brendan is a one-year-old boy and recently suffered an injury to the part of the brain that controls language. On examining him, his neurologist says that other areas of the brain will assume functions of the damaged part and Brendan will not lose the ability to speak or understand a language. The neurologist bases this diagnosis on the _____ of Brendan's brain.
A. plasticity
B. carcinogenicity
C. elasticity
D. immunogenicity
Answer: A
Psychology
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