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Righting a wrong? Right side of brain can compensate for post-stroke loss of speech
November 3, 2015 by NewsBot
After a debate that has lasted more than 130 years, researchers have found that loss of speech from a stroke in the left hemisphere of the brain can be recovered on the back, right side of the brain. This contradicts recent notions that the right hemisphere interferes with recovery.