After having suffered a stroke, a man is unable to plan his daily activities and finds it difficult to decide what to do for that day. You suspect that he has most likely suffered damage to his
a. visual cortex.
b. association cortex.
c. primary motor area.
d. primary somatosensory area.
Answer: b. association cortex.
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