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Mr. Wonderful

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Jeromes prefrontal cortex was damaged as a result of a skiing accident. He retained his semantic and procedural knowledge of how to drive a standard shift automobile. Jerome would most likely have problems recalling which of the following?
 
  a. how to parallel park, whether driving his own car or one owned by a friend
  b. how to find his way about in his home town
  c. how to check the oil level or what an oil filter is used for
  d. who taught him to drive a standard shift or how old he was when he learned

Question 2

Episodic memories are affected by damage to the ____.
 
  a. basal ganglia
  b. hippocampus
  c. prefrontal cortex
  d. amygdala



sierrahalpin

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
c



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