After Her Stroke, Janet Has Trouble Understanding and Following Social

question 115

Multiple Choice

 After her stroke, Janet has trouble understanding and following social norms and making distinctions between her own behavior and that of other people. It is most likely that her stroke affected her

• A) superior temporal cortex.
• B) medial prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices.
• C) amygdala.
• D) cortex at the junction of the temporal and parietal lobes.

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