A patient demonstrates visual aphasi
a. The nurse can project that there is dysfunction in which cerebral lobe?
a. Temporal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Frontal
A
Temporal lobe lesion of the visual association area would result in visual aphasia, the inability to recognize previously known words. A parietal lobe lesion would involve sensory interpretation or association. An occipital lobe lesion would produce loss of vision. Problems with the frontal lobe would produce motor problems or changes in thought or personality.
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