Study maps reorganized language network in individual missing left temporal lobe

GretaTuckute · x · 2026-08-25

This post highlights a study on brain neuroplasticity. Researchers examined an individual (EG) who lacks most of her left temporal lobe—a region critical for language—likely from birth. The findings characterize how her neocortical language network reorganized itself to compensate. The paper, authored by GretaTuckute et al., details this neural adaptation.

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