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[–] DrRatso@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Think the left/right sentiment is more about that this is just the way things usually settle, not the way they have to be. You can have aphasia in non-dominant hemisphere strokes, aphasia is also not necessarily permanent in strokes. Recently I was linked a nature article where they rewired newborn ferret visual and audio nerves, they showed that the ~~visual cortex was able to pick up and process audio input and vice versa.~~ audio cortex was able to process visual input.