Damage to the Left Precentral Gyrus of the Insula Would

question 59

Multiple Choice

Damage to the left precentral gyrus of the insula would be expected to result in

• A) impairment in the spelling of function words.
• B) apraxia of speech.
• C) an inability to use prosody to communicate emotion to others.
• D) problems in understanding abstract speech.
• E) problems in asking for help of another.

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Physical location of a trait (or gene) on a chromosome.

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