Ever Since He Suffered a Brain Injury by Falling from a Ladder

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Multiple Choice

Ever since he suffered a brain injury by falling from a ladder, Zack's wife has continued to tell the doctor that his personality has changed. He used to be fun loving and carefree, but he is now more critical and yells at his children for seemingly little reason. Zack is likely to have suffered damage to the ________ of his cortex.

• A) occipital lobe
• B) parietal lobe
• C) temporal lobe
• D) frontal lobe

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