Final answer:
Patients with frontal lobe damage may exhibit symptoms such as disruptive memory loss, confusion about time or place, difficulty with planning and executing tasks, poor judgment, and/or personality changes. The correct answer is option b, which includes symptoms such as slowed movements, balance and posture problems, rigid muscles, speech changes, and/or psychological symptoms such as dementia.
Step-by-step explanation:
Patients with frontal lobe damage may exhibit symptoms such as disruptive memory loss, confusion about time or place, difficulty with planning and executing tasks, poor judgment, and/or personality changes (option a). These symptoms are commonly associated with damage to the frontal lobe, which is responsible for executive functions such as self-control, decision-making, and planning.
Balance and posture problems, repetitive motor behaviors, and poor judgment are some of the symptoms typically exhibited by patients with damage to the frontal lobe (option d). The loss of impulse control, as seen in the case of Phineas Gage, is also a common symptom of frontal lobe damage.
Therefore, the correct answer is option b, which includes symptoms such as slowed movements, balance and posture problems, rigid muscles, speech changes, and/or psychological symptoms such as dementia. These symptoms are commonly associated with damage to other regions of the brain, such as the basal ganglia and motor cortex.