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This answer is incorrect. Ataxia, or co-ordination disorder, results from lesions to the cerebellum.
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b
Ataxia
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This answer is incorrect. Retrograde amnesia, or loss of previously formed memories, arises from damage to the dorsomedial thalamus.
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e
Retrograde amnesia
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This answer is incorrect. Receptive aphasia, or difficulty comprehending written or spoken language, arises from damage to Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe.
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d
Receptive aphasia
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This answer is incorrect. Expressive aphasia, in which patients struggle to communicate verbally despite intact comprehension, arises from damage to Broca's area in the frontal cortex.
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c
Expressive aphasia
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This is the correct answer. Lesions in the hippocampus can cause anterograde amnesia, in which new events are not transferred into long-term memory.
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a
Anterograde amnesia
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Lesions Of The Central Nervous System
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A 47-year-old man is found to have a lesion in his hippocampus on an MRI scan.

Which of the following defects is he most likely to have presented with?
a