In patients with brain damage, recognition of different grammatical structures is
A) better in patients with left hemisphere damage than patients with right hemisphere damage.
B) better in patients with right hemisphere damage than patients with left hemisphere damage.
C) not impaired in patients with either right or left hemisphere damage.
D) equally impaired in patients with either right or left hemisphere damage.

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Studies have shown that patients with left hemisphere damage (typically caused by stroke) are more likely to have impairments in grammatical processing, including difficulty with word order and sentence structure. Patients with right hemisphere damage may still have some deficits in grammatical processing, but these are generally less severe. Therefore, recognition of different grammatical structures is better in patients with left hemisphere damage than patients with right hemisphere damage.

In Patients with Brain Damage, Recognition of Different Grammatical Structures