Heilman and Colleagues (1982)asked Patients to Choose the Appropriate Manual

question 39

Multiple Choice

Heilman and colleagues (1982) asked patients to choose the appropriate manual gesture for a given activity,such as slicing a loaf of bread with a knife or unlocking a door with a key.The different gestures were performed by an actor on video.Which of the following best summarizes the results of this study?

• A)The patients with frontal lobe lesions performed poorly on this task,whereas the patients with parietal lobe lesions performed well.
• B)The patients with parietal lobe lesions performed poorly on this task,whereas the patients with temporal lobe lesions performed well.
• C)The patients with parietal lobe lesions performed poorly on this task,whereas the patients with frontal lobe lesions performed well.
• D)Both frontal and parietal lobe injuries produced poor performance on this task.

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