Question 177 · LEK · Apathetic-abulic syndrome
Amotivational syndrome develops as a result of injury to:
- A. convexity surface of the frontal lobes.
- B. dorsolateral aspect of the frontal lobes.
- C. medial frontal lobes.
- D. superior temporal gyrus.
- E. fusiform gyrus.
Hint
Recall the three prefrontal syndromes – dysexecutive, disinhibited and apathetic – and the region each corresponds to.
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