If a slow-growing left-hemisphere tumor disrupts language,the right hemisphere may take over this language functioning.This best illustrates the value of

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Plasticity refers to the brain's ability to modify its structures and functions in response to experience or injury. In this case, if a left-hemisphere tumor disrupts language, the brain can reorganize itself and the right hemisphere can take over language functioning. This is an example of the brain's plasticity. The split brain (A) refers to a surgical procedure that disconnects the two hemispheres of the brain, which is not directly relevant to this scenario. Neurogenesis (B) refers to the generation of new neurons in the brain, which is not relevant to this scenario. Reuptake (C) refers to a process in which neurotransmitters are taken back into the presynaptic neuron after being released into the synaptic cleft, which is not directly relevant to this scenario.

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