Recovery is better when brain damage is the result of trauma, such as a blow to the head, rather than a stroke. 

Brain Damage is the Result of Trauma

Left-handed people show better recovery than those who are right-handed. 

Left-handed People

For some people, language recovery may depend on specific forms of speech therapy using alternate communication channels, such as singing. 

Specific Forms of Speech Therapy

Recovery can be downright amazing in children due to their greater neural plasticity. A child may show extensive language recovery even after complete loss of the left hemisphere. 

Children

1. Brain damage is the result of trauma
2. Left-handed people
3. Specific forms of speech therapy
4. Children

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In the months following a brain injury, people often show conspicuous improvements in behavior, as the injury site stabilizes, unaffected tissue reorganizes, and compensation occurs. The relative extent of recovery from aphasia can be predicted from several factors. 

The Brain Regrows and Reorganizes Anatomically After Being Injured

Breedlove, S. & Watson, N. (2017). Behavioral neuroscience, eighth edition. Oxford University Press.

Behavioral Neuroscience 8th Edition

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