If a human suffers a hand amputation as an adult, what will happen to the area of the somatosensory cortex that previously received information from the lost hand?
A) The projections from the hand will still be there, but will be inactive.
B) The projections from the hand will die, and that area of the cortex will be empty.
C) Projections from the face and neighboring limb will expand to control that cortical area.
D) That cortical area will die.
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