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Case: The Patient Who Cannot Plan a Meal

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State

A patient who can name every step of a task and cannot sequence or start them has damage to the frontal lobe.

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The patient lists the ingredients and the order, then stands at the counter without beginning.

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Knowledge is intact. What is lost is the organizing and initiating, which is the frontal contribution.

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