Patients who have suffered damage to the occipital-parietal pathway (the "where" system) will have difficulties with which of the following tasks?

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The occipital-parietal pathway is responsible for processing spatial information and determining how to interact with objects in the environment. Patients with damage to this pathway will have difficulty reaching in the correct direction to retrieve the toothbrush, as they will have difficulty processing the spatial information needed to make the movement. They may be able to visually identify the toothbrush and describe its function (using the temporal lobe's "what" system), but the issue lies in executing the appropriate movement to interact with the object. Knowing how to use the toothbrush once retrieved would involve additional processing beyond the occipital-parietal pathway.

Patients Who Have Suffered Damage to the Occipital-Parietal Pathway (The