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Nadia studies patients who have trouble speaking after damage to the left frontal lobe. She wants to determine how functions are impaired by damage in this area. Nadia will likely perform ____.
 
  a. lesion analysis
  b. objective personality tests
  c. RAS scans.
  d. the Korsakoff battery

Question 2

Lesion analysis is an important process for neuropsychologists because ____.
 
  a. they can remove tissue damaged from a stroke
  b. it helps determine what function has been damaged
  c. they can limit the damage caused by neurodegenerative disease
  d. it can support the principles of phrenology



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b



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