After a serious head injury, Conway is working in the woodworking shop of a rehabilitation hospital. He begins planing a piece of wood and continues till it is nothing but splinters. It is most likely that Conway's ________ was injured.
A) frontal lobe
B) temporal lobe
C) parietal lobe
D) occipital lobe

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The frontal lobe is responsible for impulse control and decision-making. Conway's behavior of continuing to plane the wood until it was nothing but splinters suggests a lack of impulse control, which is consistent with damage to the frontal lobe.

After a Serious Head Injury, Conway Is Working in the Woodworking