When you were a very young child,you may have been warned repeatedly by your parents about avoiding activities that would cause you to "hit your head." Specifically your mother was probably worried about you doing anything that would cause you to fall backward and strike the rear-most portion of your head on the ground.If you were to have such an unfortunate fall,which lobe of the cerebral cortex would you be most likely to damage?

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The occipital lobe is located at the back of the brain and is responsible for processing visual information, making it the most likely lobe to be damaged in a fall where the rear-most portion of the head is struck on the ground. The other lobes are located in different areas of the brain and would require different types of impact to be damaged.

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