Imagine you are volunteering for the first time in a residential hospital for brain injury rehabilitation. You meet a patient named Ben who can say "hello" and "thank you" but little else. It is likely that Ben has sustained damage to
A) Broca's area.
B) Wernicke's area.
C) the occipital cortex.
D) the right hemisphere of the cortex.

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Broca's area is responsible for language production and damage to this area can result in difficulty with speaking or forming sentences. The fact that Ben can say "hello" and "thank you" but little else suggests that there may be damage to Broca's area. The other options (B, C, and D) are associated with other aspects of language processing or visual processing and are less likely to account for Ben's specific language difficulties.

Imagine You Are Volunteering for the First Time in a Residential