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18. The capacity of a brain area to reorganize in response to damage is known as brain a. hemispherectomy b. cognitive neural prosthetics. c. plasticity. d. lateralization
27. Stephanie sustained severe damage to her cerebellum in a motor vehicle accident. This damage would most likely cause difficulties with A) the timing and coordination of motor movements B) language comprehension C) language production D) regulating biological drives, such as thirst, and hunger E) organizing sensory information and sending this information to appropriate areas of the brain
31. Dr. Forsyth is assessing the cognitive functioning of an elderly patient who has recently suffered brain damage as a result of a stroke. If this patient has pronounced difficulties with both impulse control and planning behavior and has also experienced changes in personality, which area of the brain was most likely damaged by the stroke? A) the parietal lobe B) the temporal lobe C) the occipital lobe D) the frontal lobe E) the limbic system
