We are taught that the brain is enormously adaptive to conditions as it grows and develops. That’s why, for example, pianists have a greater part of the brain dedicated to the hands than non-musicians, and parts of the brain dedicated to vision acquire other tasks when a person loses vision.

Wired magazine recent published an article to exploring the case of a woman who was missing a temporal lobe from birth yet suffered no loss of cognitive abilities, including language function that’s just fine. Her story and its implicationd are fascinating. Check out the article, which includes photos of MRIs, here: https://www.wired.com/story/she-was-missing-a-chunk-of-her-brain-it-didnt-matter/