Use and understanding of spoken language is largely orchestrated by the brain’s left side. However, a team of neuroscientists now suggests that a right-brain area assumes a critical role in deciphering sign language, at least among native signers.
Language-activated brain areas for native and late signers appear in red and yellow. Only native signers show activation of the right angular gyrus, in yellow at back of brain.
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