A Patient with Frontal Lobe Damage Is Given a Task

Multiple Choice

A patient with frontal lobe damage is given a task in which he must change his response when he encounters a new stimulus. The patient understands the directions and knows that the stimulus has changed, but continues to make an old response. This patient is:

A) probably unable to remember what the new response is supposed to be, because frontal lobe damage is associated with working-memory problems
B) trying to be difficult, because frontal lobe damage leads to negative personality changes
C) perseverating
D) unable to learn the relationship between the stimulus and the response